WorksheetsIntro to the Gilded Age
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
List the 3 factors that caused the Gilded Age from the passage above.
1. Immigration 2. Industrialization (factories and mass production) 3. Urbanization (movement to cities)
1. Isolationism 2. Agricultural decline 3. Decrease in trade
1. Feudalism 2. Religious reform 3. Rural expansion
1. Colonization 2. Maritime exploration 3. Monarchy establishment
The historical circumstances that led to the creation of the textile industry include:
The rise of new technologies and increased demand for cloth
The discovery of electricity in the 20th century
The invention of the steam engine in ancient Rome
The decline of agriculture in the Middle Ages
Closure - The point of view of this political cartoon is:
Critical of the subject depicted
Supportive of the subject depicted
Neutral towards the subject depicted
Unaware of the subject's actions
According to the historical context, who were some of the richest men in America during the early 1900s?
Factory workers
Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt
Farmers
Politicians
Fill in the blank: The workers who made the industrialists rich were ______ than ever.
poorer
happier
richer
healthier
The cartoon and historical context suggest that the cartoonist is conveying which message about the relationship between industrialists and workers?
Industrialists exploit workers for their own gain.
Workers have more power than industrialists.
Industrialists and workers are equal partners.
Workers control the means of production.
During the (a) , employees who felt they were mistreated formed (b) .
Who do each of these represent?
Farmers
Immigrants
Laborers
Rail raod/Steel Industry
Big Business
What does GILDED mean? Two of these are correct!
Beautiful on the outside, rotted, or less valuable on the inside.
Covered with a thin layer of gold to cover up what lies beneath.
Simple, plain and not fancy at all.
If you live in an era of INDUSTRIALIZATION that means:
Increased farming and decreased use of machinery and technology.
What was true of immigration during the Gilded Age?
Immigration was stagnant during the Gilded Age.
Immigration to the United States decreased during the Gilded Age.
Immigration to the United States increased significantly during the Gilded Age.
The growth and expansion of cities and towns is called _________________.
The approximate timeframe of Gilded Age Era was:
During the late 18th century (1770s-early 1800s)
The late 19th century (1870s-about 1914ish)
The time period between WWI and WWII
