Industrialization
Progressives and the Gilded Age
Political Cartoons
I've been working on the railroad/Misc
100

These buildings were originally created to house low income immigrants

Tenements

100

What is the Gilded Age?

When everything looked good on the surface but was horrible when you looked harder.

100

What is the setting of the cartoon Kiefer will show you...

Congress/Capital Hill

100

Who was the main group of individuals who worked on the railroad?

Immigrants

200

When did cities begin expanding rapidly?

The late 19th century

200

This person owned U.S. Steel

Andrew Carnegie

200

What group is represented by the men sitting in the back of the room?

Robber Barons/Monopolists

200

What obstacle slowed the Transcontinental railroad construction down the most?

The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

300

This type of integration happens when a company buys out raw material producers and distributors.

Vertical Integration

300

What company was started by John D. Rockefeller?

Standard Oil

300

Who are the smaller men in the picture?

Senators

300

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is associated with the settlement of which region of the US?

The West

400

Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the:

rise of big business

400

Individuals who attempted to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era were known as____

Muckrakers

400

What is the main idea of the political cartoon?

The senate works for big business not the people. 

400

This person wrote how the other half lives...

Jacob Riis

500

A person who uses ruthless business tactics to get money from customers is called a(n):

Robber Baron

500

The 19th amendment did what?

Gave women the right to vote

500

What is the purpose of this cartoon- Kiefer cartoon #2

To show the hypocrisy of how immigrants treated other immigrants

500

This person wrote the Jungle

Upton Sinclair

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