Gilded Age Big Business

___________________________ brought more employment opportunities for people in the cities

• Subways

• Atkins Reaper

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Telephone

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industrialists used their connection with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations

These businessmen sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep workers wages low.

• Captains of Industry

• Philanthropists

• Knights of Labor

• Robber Barons

Written by Andrew Carnegie; called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Gospel of Wealth

Founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless business tactics to force competitors out of business. Created a monopoly

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

Corrupt bosses garnered political support (votes) of immigrants by providing social services for immigrants and patronage for their followers

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

What industry did Andrew Carnegie work in?

• Oil

• Steel

• Political Machines

• Banking

What industry did John Rockefeller work in?

• Political Machines

• Steel

• Banking

• Oil