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Negatives of the Gilded Age
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100
The light bulb was perfected by this man in 1878.
Thomas Edison
100
This term describes when one company controls an entire industry and limits competition.
Monopoly
100
This term describes the gap between rich and poor during the Gilded Age.
Inequality
100
This natural resource was essential for powering factories and trains.
Coal
100
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
13th amendment
200
This poweful banker financed and organized major corporations like U.S. Steel.
(Hint: He is on the board game Monopoly)
JP Morgan
200
This term means the rapid, often chaotic growth of CITIES due to an increased population.
Urbanization
200
This 1882 act banned a specific group of people from entering the U.S
The Chinese Exclusion Act
200
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company are largely credited with inventing this in 1908.
The automobile
200
This term, coined by Mark Twain, describes an era that looked successful on the surface but had serious problems underneath.
The Gilded Age
300
This man controlled the oil industry through Standard Oil; key example of a monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller
300
Workers organized into these groups to fight for better pay and conditions.
Labor Unions
300
Because the Gilded Age created a lot of inequality between the classes, the Progressive movement tried to create many of these, meaning improvements to society.
Reforms
300
__________ power provided energy for machines in industry and the community such as street cars, fans, and the printing press.
Electrical
300
POV: Arriving like to a new country like: “New country, who dis?”
Who is this referring to?
Immigrants
400
This steel industry leader built one of the largest businesses in the U.S.
Andrew Carnegie
400
This term refers to business leaders seen as using unfair practices to gain wealth.
Robber Barrons
400
This term refers to dishonest or illegal behavior by government officials.
Corruption
400
Prior to the telephone, this device was the only way to communicate over long distances.
The telegraph
400
This term means covered with a thin layer of gold, gold paint, or a substance that looks like gold.
Gilded
500
This business leader made his fortune in shipping and later dominated the railroad industry. Eventually, he and his family made some poor decisions and lost all of their money.
Cornelius Vanderbilt?
500
This term refers to extremely wealthy business leaders. (Hint: Businessmen are viewed in a more positive light)
Captains of Industry
500
"When your boss locks the exits and then a fire starts…"
what's the event?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
500
This series of railroad tracks allowed California, Texas, and Washington state to be connected with the factories and large cities on the east coast.
The Transcontinental Railroad
500
The 1912 sinking of this ship is widely considered the symbolic end of the Gilded Age.
The Titanic