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Why were labor unions created?
Bessemer Process
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Bessemer Process
President Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction
Science of improveing population using breeding control
Articles are moved and assembled on a conveyor belt
Cold air is forced through molten iron to remove impurities
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Why were labor unions created?
Workers just wanted to go against management
Negotiate wages and working conditions
To participate in strikes
To improve worker's conditions
3
Why was Thomas Edison important?
his inventions changed the world
he liked to learn
he was president
he asked a lot of questions
4
The Industrial Revolution provided
Factory System
Mass production
National Bank
New Jobs
5
Thomas Edison: What did he invent?
The Car
The Telephone
Just the Light bulb
Light Bulb, Motion Picture Camera, PhonoGraph
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During the Gilded Age
(1880's)
people left the
country
and headed to the
cities
.
this was called repatriation
this was called internment camps
this was called urbanization
this was called homesteading
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How did the growth of the steel industry affect other industry.
led to the growth of building and transportation industries
led to a boom in the cast iron industry
caused a depression
caused a recesion
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Which Robber Baron dominated the railroad industry?
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Edison
Vanderbilt
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What was the Gilded Age?
A period of Individualism
A period of widespread political reform across the U.S.
A period where the U.S. fall into great depression
A period of economic growth as the U.S. jumped
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What did John D. Rockefeller establish?
Steel
Iron
Standard oil
Oil
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How did the Social Darwinism theory justify robber barons' actions?
Wealth is a measure of value, poor people have less value
Without big business leaders, small businesses would fail
Workers wouldn't make as much money if not for robber barons
The poor people refuse to rise up against the power
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What is Cornelius Vanderbilt known for?
Dominated in finance and banking industries
Dominated in railroads and shipping industries
Dominated the oil industry
Dominated the steel industry
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Co-founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless tactics to eliminate competition in oil
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Karl Marx
John Rockefeller
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One of the problems with the industrial revolution was
all of these were major problems
poor work conditions
low pay
poor hours
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Standard Oil Company
Provided the standard all oil companies should follow
Control of nation’s oil production using monopolistic tactic
Provided oil to all of America as a single source
Company controlled by government to collect oil
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All of the following represent economic problems of the Gilded Age EXCEPT
Massive increases in taxation across all classes of society
The ruthless business/industrial tactics of robber barons
The rapid growth of trusts and monopolies
Unfair practices by railroads like government subsidies
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Thomas Edison...
Creator of the Carbon Filament Light Bulb
Developed DC Power
Held over 1000 patents to his name
Was an American inventor and businessman
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what does the Bessemer process do
A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply
It makes tires
It makes dog food
It cuts food
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How did government policies of the Gilded Age of the late 1800s promote industrialization?
Sherman Antitrust Act allowed for regulation of big business
Imperialism fueled steel production in the United States
New Deal policies created jobs for many of the unemployed
Laissez-faire policies let private business operate freely
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A major problem many still faced in the Gilded Age was...
Bad working conditions
Bad health
Economic growth
Inability to immigrate
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By calling their era the "Gilded Age," authors Mark Twain and Charles Warner were
pleading for individualism
warning against realism
criticizing corruption
praising industrial advances
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Who got rich during the Gilded Age?
White men who were entrepenuers
African American singers
Everyone
Former slaves
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What was Andrew Carnegie known for?
Steel Tycoon
Oil Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon
Owner of the largest corporation in U.S. history
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What does GILDED mean?
Strong and brave
Rotten on the outside rotten on the inside
Gold on the outside rotten on the inside
Gold on the outside strong on the inside
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Business dominated by Cornelius Vanderbilt
Oil
Cars
Steel
Railroads
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How did the assembly line change production of goods?
Slowed production for higher quality, locally sourced goods
Made production great again
Made goods more expensive, catering to the rich
Made goods cheaper/more accessible and created menial jobs
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Who wrote about the problems of industrialization
The Knights of Labor
muckrakers
Jim Crow
Booker T Washington
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Who controlled the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
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What needed fixing in the Gilded Age?
Wages
All of the above
Dams
Housing
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How did labor unions support factory workers?
They took over factories by buying out business owners
They negotiated with business owners and organized strikes
Blackmailing factory owners into giving rights to workers
used communist ideals such as violent protests and murder
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JP Morgan controlled this industry:
Steel
Oil
Banking
Railroads
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Entrance point for millions of European immigrants during America's Gilded Age
Island Hopping
Ellis Island
Mexican border
Angel Island
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What made Andrew Carnegie work so hard to be successful?
He wanted the money
He wanted a big house
Seeing his family in poverty
He wanted his own company
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What is a labor strike?
Work stoppage due to mass refusal of employees to work
A movement to raise awareness of unemployed Americans
Work stoppage due to the refusal of managers/ owners to work
A surge of very productive labor on the job
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Rockefeller, Morgan, and Vanderbilt were referred to as robber barons because they
gained all of their wealth by illegal means
stole money from state and local governments
bought titles of nobility from foreign governments
were ruthless in dealing with competitors
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Characterized by industrialization, robber barons, captains of industry and anti trust laws.
Roaring Twenties
Progressive Era
Gilded Age
Early Cold War
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What is the BEST description of the Second Industrial Revolution?
Transition to mechanized production of goods
Creation of inventions like the light bulb and refrigeration
Mass production, innovative communication & transportation
Introduction of computerization
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Who created the assembly line and the Model T?
Amelia Earhart
Baseball
Henry Ford
Babe Ruth
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Common problems of increased urbanization included all of the following EXCEPT
increase in crime
increase in unsanitary conditions leading to diseases
corruption in politicians
lack of transportation
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Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing
Internet
Telephone
Typewriter
Cellphone
