Famous authors
Author who coined the term “Gilded Age”
Who is Mark twain?
This term describes using en ethical practice of ones power for personal gain
What is Corruption?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
These were the years of a huge wealth gap
When is 1870-1900?
This symbol of freedom in the New York harbor welcomed many immigrants as they arrived in the U.S.
What is the status of liberty?
This author wrote 2 of our gilded age stories.
This political machine led by boss tweed, was notorious for its corruption
What is Tammany Hall?
What is August 18, 1920?
Most common working labor form
What is child labor?
This immigration center in New York harbor processed many immigrants before arriving to the U.S.
What is Ellis island?
This author exposed unsafe meat packing
Who is uptown Sinclair?
Powerful banker and financier involved in many controversial business practices
Who is J.P. morgan?
This woman was a prominent leader in the women’s suffrage movement
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This caused social inequalities in the gilded age
What is industrialization?
This European country had the largest amount of immigrants come to the U.S.
Where is Italy?
This author is known for socially structured novels
Who is Edith Wharton?
Helped build the formidable American steel industry
who is andrew Carnegie?
At the turn of the century, this percent of all working women were employed as domestic servants/
What is 60%?
This impacted all businesses
What is a monopoly?
This political cartoonist and social critic showed the struggles immigrants faced during the gilded age
Who is Thomas Nast?
This author is famous for his psychological realism
Who is Henry James?
This scandal tarnished the reputation of president ulysses s. Grants administration during the gilded age
What is the credit mobilier scandal?
They let women vote before the amendment passed.
what is Wyoming?
This is when america was the richest 1%
what is the gilded age?
This ethnic group played a big role in the labor force, doing things such as coal mining and railroad construction and were often discriminated against.
Who are the Irish immigrants?