Gilded Age

What is the Gilded Age?

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires became dominant industries that shaped modern America.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal became dominant industries that shaped modern America.

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires became dominant industries that shaped modern Europe.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal became dominant industries that shaped modern Europe.

What did Thomas Edison invent?

• Uses for peanuts

• Telephone

• Light bulb

• Moving assembly line

How did Cornelius Vanderbilt build his wealth?

• Automobile Industry

• Railroad and Shipping Industry

• Oil Industry

• Steel Industry

What is Andrew Carnegie known for?

• Oil Company

• Steel Company

• Automobile Company

• Railroad Company

What is a monopoly?

• A company that has no competition

• A game that takes a long time to play

• A company that goes out of business

• A company that lays off workers

What was the role of labor unions?

• A group of Americans that were fighting to stay a Union

• A group of the middle class that wanted to be wealthy

• A group of the wealthy society members that fought for their rights

• A group that negotiated with companies for better wages and working conditions

What is one example of child labor?

• Children working and getting paid more than adults for jobs

• Children working in horrible conditions along with long hours and low pay

• Children loving their jobs and working hard

• Children working at home with their parents on the fields

What does economic disparity mean?

• Everyone is equal

• Everyone is happy with their jobs and geting paid equal

• The wealthy becoming more rich and poor becoming more poor

• The working wage group was paid the best among classes

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• The Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses