Gilded Age 1
Gilded Age 2
Gilded Age 3
Gilded Age 4
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Define urbanization

People moving from small villages to the towns and cities; growing of cities

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What was the industrial revolution?

Transition of making goods by hand to using machines ; economy goes from farming to industry; lots of factories and big cities, etc

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Define nativism

Not liking people who aren't from your country; Favoring people from your country

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If a government is "hands off" you would say they are...

LAISSEZ-FAIRE

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Define "Robber Baron"

Someone who has gotten really wealth by being corrupt, exploiting labor, bribing others, etc

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What is this image describing?

Vertical Integration

200

What does "Social Darwinism" mean? How does this picture symbolize social dariwnism?


"Survival of the fittest"; rich vs poor; explains why rich were rich and poor were poor; lion symbolizes rich, rat symbolizes poor

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The message of this cartoon is...

The Robber Barons control the government/senate

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What country were a majority of immigrants from that helped build the transcontinental railroad from the west?

China

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Describe the impact of the transcontinental railroad...

Allowed goods and people to move significantly faster across the United States

300

What process is this describing?

Horizontal Integration

300

Describe the difference between the rich and poor lifestyle and living conditions from the Gilded Age (housing, work conditions, etc)

Mansions vs Tenements, Good hours/good pay / good conditions vs low pay long hours bad conditions

300

What is this kind of housing called? (T...) Also, what class/group of people would live in this housing?

Tenement Housing; Lower class, factory workers, immigrants

400

Give an example on how a government could practice being "Laissez-Faire" ...

Not enforcing/regulating workers pay, workers hours, eco friendly products, etc. 

400

What 3 things allowed the Industrial Revolution to happen?

Natural Resources, Growing workforce, Science and Technology

400

Describe the changing of social roles in the Gilded Age...

Women worked and still cared for family; children worked and didn't go to school

500

What business vocab term is this cartoon referencing?


Monopolies

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Describe the working conditions for the lower class (factory workers)... be specific...

Long Hours (12-16), Low Pay (Less than 50 cents per week on abg), Dangerous working conditions (Mary story)

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Describe what this political cartoon is saying. Also, based on this cartoon, what do you think the popular opinion on the rich was at the time of the Gilded Age...


Working class does all of the work, rich gets all the benefits; overall negative viewpoint

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Name the 4 Titans of Industry and what industry they had a monopoly in...

Rockefeller, Oil; Carnegie, Steel; JP Morgan, Banking; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Railroads

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