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This person was known for creating the Model T car and moving assembly line.
Henry Ford
The great plains are...
A. in the Southern part of the US, covered in hills
B. in the middle of the US, flat, grass-covered, little rain
C. in the Northern part of the US, covered in trees,
D. in the Pacific Northwest, covered in fog, mountains, and rain
The great plains are...
B. in the middle of the US, flat, grass-covered, little rain
Who coined the term Gilded Age?
Mark Twain
Who is an entrepeneur?
a person who creates a business
True or false - Southerners liked carperbaggers.
False - Southerners disliked carpetbaggers.
This person started the well-known US Steel company.
Andrew Carnegie
True or False - Life on the plains was easy.
False - life on the plains was hard.
What name did American Indians give to African American soldiers?
Buffalo soldiers
Fill in the blanks - a ___________ is when a ___________ is SO big that it has no _____________.
a monopoly is when a business is so big that it has no competition
Fill in the blank:
Many Indian tribes ____________ being sent to reservations.
A. appreciated
B. obliged
C. Resisted
D. agreed to
C. Resisted
Many Indian tribes resisted being sent to reservations.
This person created the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Why did immigrants come to the United States?
Immigrants came to the United States for a better life, jobs, and land.
What are reservations?
Land that the government set aside for American Indians.
What are labor unions?
Groups created with workers uniting for better conditions and pay
Who started the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
Samuel Gompers
Who owned several railroad companies?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What was the homestead act?
An act that offered 160 acres of land for a small fee; homesteaders had to live on the land and improve it for 5 years
Fill in the blank - ____________ are _____________ who came to the South to start _________________.
Carpetbaggers are Northerners who came to the South to start businesses
The railroad industry grew during the Gilded Age.
What's the name of the railway that spanned the United States of America?
The Transcontinental Railroad
How did union workers fight for their rights?
They would go on strikes until their demands were met.
Give the 2 nicknames for the following group of individuals - John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Henry Ford
Captains of Industry or Robber Barons
What is a homestead?
What was the famous Mark Twain quote regarding the Gilded Age?
He said it was "glittering on the surface, but corrupt underneath."
How did inventions change people's lives?
they saved people time, money and improved their lives
Name one state that makes up the great plains.
May accept any one of these - North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska. Parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas