Negative effects
what was the youngest a person worked during the guilded age
what is 5 or 6?
when was the transcontinental railroad finished
whats is 1863
This man coined the ¨Gilded Age¨
Mark Twain
This man pioneered the railroad industry
who is Cornelius vanderbilt?
This is how good labor conditions were in The Gilded Age
What is very bad?
about how many major strikes took place during the guilded age for a bonus name one of them
what is 4 strikes?
what is the haymarket, The Great RR, Homestead, Pullman
this person prompted harmony among different craft unions and tried to minimize fighting between businesses
who is Samuel grompers?
what is the definition of gilded
what is the process of coating cheap metals with thin layers of gold
this man has a music hall named after him
who is Andrew Carnegie
The average life expectancy of a worker in The Gilded Age
What is 49?
this man had many political cartoons making fun of his weight
who is boss tweed?
when did the 8-hour workday become law
August 20,1866
exclusive possession or control of a certain commodity or service
what is a monopoly?
this famouse robber barons house is in ashville NC
who is cornelius vanderbilt?
This was the year that a minimum wage was established.
What is 1938?
True or false, People were bribed with goods and money to vote a certain way
what is true
one of these things caused the birth of modern America
what is closing the frontier?
what is national transportation?
what ethnicity of people were brought over to build the transcontinental railroad
who is Irish and Chinese?
this man revolutionized the car industry in the gilded age
who is henry ford?
how many workers died during the gilded age
what is 35,000?
this woman was an activist for the end of child labor she also founded the national labor committee
who is Florence Kelley?
this was the richest man during the gilded age
john d. Rockefeller
this robber baron hated pollution so much he paid to clean rivers
who is John d. rockefeller?
This is the year child labor was made illegal
1938