Legal
The act that stopped monopolies from forming
What is The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The rapid growth of cities
What is urbanization
Labor unions were opposed by
What is big corporation bosses of the factories.
A political machine most famous for Tammany Hall
Who is William "Boss" Twead
The Interstate Commerce Act's purpose was to
What is to regulate the railroad industry
What is South Europe
The large number of immigrants and increased industrialization led to cleaner cities and better living conditions. True or False?
False. Urbanization led to poorly sanitized cities and poor living conditions such as overcrowded settlement houses.
The Bessemer process was adopted by J. P. Morgan. True or False?
What is False. J. P. Morgan was known for his work with banks. The Bessemer Steel process was adopted by industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
An example of immigration policy during the Gilded Age
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
Newly developed technology led to
What is Industrialization
An example of why labor unions were formed is
What is unsafe working conditions, children working in factories, long hours and low wages.
Trusts and monopolies were formed to benefit big business men. A disadvantage it gave consumers is-
What is not being able to have reasonable product prices, meaning businesses can control how expensive things are by buying out their competition. Small businesses also weren't able to thrive.