People
What did Mark Twains Book poke fun of?
Aspect of society during this Age
What does the word Gilded mean and why is it used to describe the period?
Gilled is when you cover something cheap with gold to make it look expensive. Gilded is used to describe this period because all the success of the period covers all of the tragedy thatn it caused to 99% of the people living during this period.
Do you know what Plessy vs. Ferguson court case say?
That everything had to be separated from blacks and Whites but it had to be equal. (schools, bathrooms, etc...)
This was the cause of the riots in Chicago
A bomb exploded
What Political Party dominated thge North and the West
Republicans
The Standard Oil Company was owned by this man
Rockefeller
What was the way immigrants gained political power?
By voting
Do you know how many Native Americans died at the Battle of Wounded Knee?
250
How Much did New York grow?
New York's population doubled in size.
What is Suffrage?
It gave women the right to vote and to work
Andrew Carnegie was know for what?
Steel Companies
What were early locomotives powered by?
Steam
Do you know how many foreigners came to America during the 1880's?
5 million
What did farmer start growing to make money?
Cash Crops
What industry grew rapidly in the cities due to the abundance of steel?
Construction
Who was Hiram Revels?
The first Black Senetor
What did the most Damage to the Native American lifestyle
the slaughtering of the buffalo.
Do you know who the richest man in the world was during this time?
Andrew Carnegie
How many states passed laws to force children to go to school?
31
Who was Geronimo
Geronimo was the Military leader of the Apache tribe
Jane Addams is know for what?
Creating settlement houses
What did Georgia and other southern states do to keep African Americans from voting?
made them pay a tax to vote or made it mandatory from them to be able to read (either will do)
Do you know how many Transcontinental railroad lines there were by 1900?
4
What were the standard work hours during the Gilded age was? What did the workers fight to change it to?
12 hours and 8 hours
What are Robber Barrons
Wealthy people who make their furtunes taking money from the poor.