Inventions
Invented the lightbulb
Who is Thomas Edison
What was the French Word called that said the government would be hands off in the economy?
Laissez-Faire
The Olympics are held every how many years?
What is 4
This was the name of a derogatory term applied to wealthy industrialists and captains of industry
Bonus: What are two positive things they arguably did?
Robber barrons
This Gilded Age captain of industry/robber baron is known as the father of philanthropy as well as a successful steel businessman.
Andrew Carnegie
This Gilded Age industrial owners encouraged labor unions. (True or False)
What is False?
People start moving into cities in a process called___________.
What is Urbanization?
What was the name of the high school in "Grease"?
Rydell High
This allowed for long distance communication to happen rapidly thanks to Samuel Morse.
What is the telegraph?
Business owners tried to get rid of competition by owning entire/product or service in an industry. This is called a________
What is a Monopoly/Trusts?
What restaurant chain has commercials with the slogan "Eating' Good in the Neighborhood"?
What is Applebee's
This Gilded Age law prevented the immigration of a group of people into the United States.
What is Chinese Exclusion Act 1882?
Immigrants came through this New York harbor
Elis Island
What is Nativism?
“right” countries vs. “wrong” countries
List two of the poor working and living conditions that many suffered moving into cities and working in factories.
Long Hours; Low Wages; Dangerous Working Conditions, Child Labor, etc.
How many colors are in a rainbow?
What is 7
Alexander Graham Bell invented the________, allowing people to communicate through voice for the first time in America.
Telephone
Mark Twain coined this term as a period of time that showed America was glittering on the surface but was corrupt and impoverished underneath.
What is the Gilded Age?
What popular beverage once contained cocaine?
What is Coca Cola
What is Vertical Integration
The founder of the Standard Oil Company,
Who is John D Rockefeller
The rapid growth of cities due to the influx of people
What is urbanization?
List three factors of production
Land, Labor and Capital
In football, how many points does a touchdown have?
What is 6?
The Wright Brothers invented the first
What is Airplane?
The growth of businesses that manufacture products through the use of machinery
What is industrialization?
No one knows where this snack got its name, but is known as a knock off from Hydrox. This cookie became America favorite vegan cookie.
What is the Oreo?
When you try to JOIN competing industries together so you can control the industry is called____.
Horizontal Integration
Investigative journalists exposing corruption, poverty, health hazards, and monopolies
Who are muckrakers?
This Gilded Age invention created the suburbs and the ability to commute.
What is the Automobile
The processing center for European Immigrants arriving in NY
What is Ellis Island
In the Grinch that Stole Christmas what is the Grinch’s dog’s name?
What is Max
This process was the first inexpensive industrial process that allowed for the mass production of steel.
What is the Bessemer Process
This innovation in factories, especially the car industry, created a more efficient production of goods, making goods cheaper and more widely available to Americans.
What is the assembly line?
In the Harry Potter book series what was Lord Voldemort's real name?
Tom Marvolo Riddle
An economic system in which a society's means of production are held by private individuals or organizations, not the government,
what is capitalism
This Gilded Age social view in relation to immigration based on people's feeling of competition over resources such as employment and housing.
What is a strike?
This Gilded Age law provided federal land to Western settlers at no cost.
What is the Homestead Act?
American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
In the movie Finding Nemo what species of fish is Nemo?
Clown Fish
Had a significant impact on the economic, cultural, and social development of the Western United States?
What is the (Transcontinental) Railroad?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
This fast food chain is credited with selling the very first hamburger chain, selling their first burger in 1921 for 5 cents each.
What is White Castle?
Term for American assimilation
Melting pot
a factor that brought immigrants to the U.S. throughout its history is a ______________.
Pull factor
seeking greater economic opportunity
hope for personal freedom
These newspaper drawings helped bring down the infamous political machine known as Tammany Hall, as well as shed light on issues within our country/government.
What are political cartoons?
This Amendment gave women the right to vote...finally!!!!
19th
What is the largest bone in the human body?
Femur