Gilded Age-Heroes
Thomas Edison invented___________, allowing lights and power to be used across American lives and cities.
Electricity (Electric Lights)
When you are willing to risk your own MONEY on new businesses (and make profit) is called__.
(Entrepreneur= Bold risk takers who create new businesses)
Capitalism
Bonus Question: What was the French Word called that said the government would be hands off in the economy?
Name one president that allowed scandal and corruption in the government, such as the Credit Mobilier Scandal (railroad company corruption) OR allowing Reconstruction to end?
Ulysses S. Grant,Rutherford B. Hayes,Warren G Harding
What problems did the Progressive era try to address? Name two.
Industrialization (Big business, labor issues)
Urbanization (Slums, political machines, corruption)
Immigration (Ethnic diversity)
Inequality and Social Justice (Women & Racism)
What terrorist organization was responsible for planning and carrying out the events that occurred on September 11, 2001?
Al-Queda
Samuel Morse invented the__________, using signals to send messages such as Morse Code
Telegraph
Business owners tried to get rid of competition by owning entire/product or service in an industry. This is called a________ (Hint: Like the board game)
Monopoly/Trusts
Bonus question: What's the difference between the two?
What was the name of the man that used bribery and voter fraud to take advantage of immigrants and corrupt officials in government?
Boss Tweed
Bonus question: The group that he used to control the government was called Tammany Hall. This mafia, political like group was called_____.
The "accidental president" that promised America a Square Deal based on the 3Cs of Controlling Corporations, Protecting Consumer Goods, and Conserving Natural Resources was called____.
Theodore Roosevelt
Why has the focus of U.S foreign policy in the twenty-first century shifted to combating terrorism?
Terrorists attacked buildings in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the________, allowing people to communicate through voice for the first time in America.
Telephone
Mark Twain coined the term_________, a period of time that showed America was glittering on the surface but was corrupt and impoverished underneath.
Gilded Age (Gild- To cover thinly with gold)
This Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson legalized discrimination--- stating, separate was____.
Equal
Teddy didn't think all trusts were_____, but we needed to keep the good ones and regulate the____ ones.
Bad/Corrupt
What was the overall goal of the War on Terror?
Defend American citizens and US interests at home and abroad
The Bessemer process allowed bigger and taller buildings to be made from steel. These were called_____.
Skyscrapers
When you try to JOIN competing industries together so you can control the industry is called____.
Horizontal Integration
Hunington and Vanderbilt were _______ robber barrons of the industry, overcharfing farmers and making immigrants suffer in harsh working conditions
Railroad company
Teddy decided to pass laws to protect consumers against the food industry after reading the___.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Bonus question: After reading this, this is why we have this on the back of package food today.
As a part of the response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, how did President George W. Bush address threats of terrorism to United States?
Creating the Office of Homeland Security
Name three other inventions/innovations during the Gilded Age (excluding electricity and other communication inventions)
Cars (Model T), Airplanes, Transcontinental Railroad, Rock Oil, Bessemer Process (Steel), Skyscrapers, etc.
When you try to control ALL aspects of production in an industry from the ground up is called____.
Vertical Integration
JP Morgan controlled the_________ industry; Rockfeller controlled the___________ industry; and Carnegie controlled the_________ industry.
Morgan- Banking; Rockefeller- Oil, Carnegie- Steel
What were the names of at least two laws that Teddy passed to protect consumers against corruption in the food industry?
Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act, Food and Drug Administration;
Which of the following has contributed most to the endurance of the Constitution?
The ability to make amendments