Gold-Plated Era
The time period from the 1870s–1900s with new technology and huge inequality.
Gilded Age
This invention let people talk across long distances without waiting for mail.
Telephone
Overcrowded apartment buildings with poor conditions are called _________.
Tenements
Progress was positive because ______.
Technology/Invention/economic growth evidence
Give one example of progress during the Gilded Age.
Any correct example (telephone, light bulb, automobile, elevators, industrial growth, philanthropy, etc.)
The word “gilded” means something cheap covered with a thin layer of this metal.
Gold
This invention let businesses stay open after sunset and workers work longer hours.
Light bulb
Children working long hours in factories and mines is called this
Child Labor
Progress was not always positive because ______.
Living conditions/child labor evidence/working conditions/food safety
Give one example of a negative aspect of the Gilded Age
Child labor, tenements, unsafe factories
The author who created the term “Gilded Age.”
Mark Twain
This invention helped cities grow “up” because land was limited in big places like New York
Elevator
Many tenements had no clean water, no proper plumbing, and no garbage system, which made people spread ______.
Disease
One example that shows BOTH sides of progress is ______.
Light bulb, industrial growth, philanthropy
Give one invention that helped the economy.
Any valid example + explanation of how
This term describes wealthy businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller (Three words).
Titans of Industry
This invention helped connect different parts of the country by letting people travel faster.
Automobile
Unsafe factory jobs often caused injuries because there were few safety ______.
Regulations (rules)
Which group benefited more during the Gilded Age: wealthy businessmen or workers? Give one piece of evidence.
Any claim + valid support
businessmen made huge profits / workers had low wages and poor conditions
Which helped workers more: inventions or laws? Give evidence.
Any claim + support
During the Gilded Age, most people were either very rich or very poor. This is called wealth ______.
Inequality
The Titans of the Industry helped fund parks, libraries, and museums. This is called ______.
Philanthropy/Charity
This 1906 act required clean food and honest labels.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Why do historians say the Gilded Age looked successful on the outside but had serious problems underneath? Give one example.
Any explanation of “gilded” + evidence
What mattered more to businesses during the Gilded Age: making more money or improving workers’ lives? give evidence
Any clear claim + accurate evidence
(longer hours for production, child labor, unsafe factories, focus on profit)