Big Business
He created standard oil
John D. Rockefeller
This was the invention that reduced the need for skilled labor, instead employees would have to complete one task over and over
What is the assembly line?
America's westward expansion was very much assisted by the new steam locomotives which took passengers west on this
What is the transcontinental railroad?
What is Tombstone?
Where was the indian school we looked at located?
Where is Carlisle PA?
What industry was Andrew Carnegie most associated with?
What is steel?
Name one major problem that workers faced during the Gilded Age
What are low wages/long hours/dangerous conditions?
What was the name for someone who went west in search for gold?
What is a prospector?
This was the job of Wyatt Earp
What is a Lawman?
This Gilded Age job would leave you smelling fishy and likely sliced up from the sharp shells you had to work with
What is oyster shucker?
What is the word for one company controlling an entire industry
What is a monopoly?
What organizations did workers create to lobby for better conditions?
What are unions?
What were the lands set aside for Native Americans called?
What are reservations?
She was one of the first cowgirls, best known for her precise aim.
Who is Annie Oakley
This is the concept that explains that some humans are just more fit to succeed than others.
What idea stated that the government should leave businesses alone ad not interfere?
What is laissez-faire?
Who made up the vast majority of the labor force in NYC during the gilded age? In other words: who were the people working in these factories?
Who are immigrants?
What was the name of the famous trail used by settlers heading west
What is the Oregon trail?
Doc Holliday died to this brutal disease, which also killed Arthur Morgan in the hit game, Red Dead Redemption II
What is tuberculosis or TB?
This was the term used to describe the purpose for expanding to new territories. Its main goal was to "civilize the masses" though it put a "burden" on a specific group
What is the white man's burden?
What was the name of the money given to employees living in factory towns called?
What is scrip?
What was the name for the homes many workers lived in, especially in NYC?
What are tenement homes?
What happened to the vast majority of Natives that came into contact with Americans expanding west?
What is Huckleberry?
After switching from WR to QB at Texas A&M, he would go on to become Mr. Kotter's favorite Titans quarterback. Especially after a near superbowl in 2019.
Who is Ryan Tannehill?