Gilded Age Misc
Labor
Big Business
Immigration
Vocab. Mash-Up
100

What was the Gilded Age?

The period of American history from the late 1870s to about 1900 that was characterized by industrialization, urbanization, and a move away from an agricultural focused economy.

100

The Knights of Labor

What is the first major, successful labor union in the United States.

100

Who owned the Standard Oil Company which had a monopoly on oil during the Gilded Age?

John D. Rockefeller

100

Name one of the primary pull factors for immigrants coming to the United States during the Gilded Age?

What is Jobs, Religious Freedoms, Better Economic Opportunities, The Prospect of a Better Life

100
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions.
What is Strikes.
200

Who coined the term "the Gilded Age?"

Who is Mark Twain

200

Better pay, better hours, better working conditions

What are issues that labor unions fought for

200

This man was well known for his work in the banking industry during the Gilded Age.

Who is J.P. Morgan

200

Name one of the primary push factors for immigrants coming to the United States during the Gilded Age?

What is Religious Persecution, Famine, Political Instability, Poverty

200
Replacement worker for laborers on strike.
What is Scab.
300
This law forced the Sioux Nation to cede their communal lands and divide them into private, individual parcels.
What is Dawes Severalty Act.
300

Name one of the major labor strikes that occurred during the Gilded Age.

Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, The Haymarket Riot

300

Identify one major invention that contributed to economic growth in this era.

What is Lightbulb, Telephone, Camera, Elevator, Telegraph, etc.

300

Name one significant immigration station in the United States during this period.

What is 

Ellis Island, New York City

Angel island, San Francisco

300

What was the name for the overcrowded apartments that were used to house the rapidly growing populations in the cities?

Tenements

400

The movement of people from rural areas to the cities

What is urbanization

400

By 1880, one out of every six __________ in the nation was working full-time.

What is children

400

This man owned the monopoly on steel during the Gilded Age.

Who is Andrew Carnegie

400

What impact did immigration have on urbanization in the United States?

Rapid urbanization, Rise of tenement living, Overwhelmed social services, Decreased public hygiene

400
The transcontinental railroad was connected by a "golden spike" at this location.
What is Promontory Summit (or Point).
500

A religious revival that Native Americans believed would banish white settlers and restore the buffalo to the plains.

What is the Ghost Dance Movement

500

What did the concept of Social Darwinism entail?

The idea that only the strongest businesses and individuals survive in a competitive environment

500

Laissez-faire

What is the philosophy that government should be "hands off" in the growth and development of big business 

500

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

What is it banned Chinese immigrants from entering the United States for 10 years beginning in 1882.

500

An economic philosophy that promotes individual ownership and the free exchange of goods and services

What is Capitalism

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