Immigration
Most of the immigrants that came to the United States during the Gilded Age came from what country
Europe
Cornelius Vanderbilt made has mass fortune in the railroad industry, but what industry did he originally start in when he was a young man?
Steam boat
A ____________________ is the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
monopoly
____________________ is the process where a mass amount of a population moves from rural to urban areas, leading to cities growing and expanding, driven by factors like economic opportunities and immigration.
Urbanization
Immigrants lived in these big overcrowded buildings with tiny rooms for homes. This often led to mass sickness because of overcrowding. These rooms were called?
tenements
Biltmore Estate
Companies often prioritized profit over safety, leading to dangerous working conditions, long hours, and extremely low wages, and child labor. This was called ________________.
The development of electric streetcars, subways, and cable cars allowed people to live further from their workplaces, leading to urban sprawl and the rise of suburbs. This was called __________________.
mass transit
What was the name of the immigration station that opened up in 1892 on the coast of New York?
Ellis Island
Cornelius Vanderbilt was originally from what state? He started working in the steamboat industry here and eventually built his own company.
New York
Companies also formed ___________, where a single board of trustees managed several individual companies in the same industry, allowing them to act as a monopoly.
trusts
_____________________ led to low-income workers and immigrants often lived in overcrowded tenement buildings with poor sanitation, inadequate light, and ventilation, leading to the spread of disease.
overcrowding
Immigrants often had to save up and use their entire life savings to make the trip to America. They often paid different prices to embark on ships across the Atlantic. How long did the journey take to reach America?
1-2 weeks
Cornelius made a generous 1 million dollar donation to this university that changed their name in honor of him. What is the name of the university and what is their nickname that they use in honor of his nickname as well?
Vanderbilt University Commodores
Monopolists could dictate prices and put consumers into different groups to charge varying prices. This was called ____________________.
price discrimination
The era saw a massive expansion of the industrial sector, supported by technological innovations like the ________________, ________________, and
_______________.
light bulb, telephones, and railroads
Over 12 million immigrants entered the United States from 1892-1954, what two countries in Europe did they mostly come from. These cultures are still VERY present in the United States today. Particularly in New York City and Boston.
Italy and Ireland
Before Vanderbilts 1 million dollar donation to the university in Nashville, TN, that they changed their name to honor him, what was the university's original name?
Central University
The wealthiest man of the Gilded Age was __________________________, the founder of Standard Oil, whose fortune represented a significant portion of the American economy at the time and made him the nation's first billionaire.
John D. Rockefeller
Name the four biggest cities where mass urbanization, immigration, and industrialization happened.
New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago