Important figures
------ -------- was known for his steel production company.
Andrew Carnegie
What were the buildings that housed workers?
Tenements
What were the acts that were passed that required sanitary food regulations.
(Name either)
Meat Inspection Act or Pure Food and Drugs Act
What is Thomas Edison's most famous invention?
The Lightbulb
What is a Captain of Industry?
Someone who owns a large and successful business.
---- ----- was the political boss of Tammany Hall.
Boss Tweed
What were added to towns that workers frequently visited after their long shifts?
Bars and Saloons.
Which act had a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What kind of current did Nikola Tesla work with, which Edison opposed?
AC/ Alternating currents
What is a Robber Baron?
Someone who has amassed a fortune through ruthless and brutal practices.
----- ---- was a muckraker which exposed poor living conditions with photography which used a special technique to capture images at night.
Jacob Riis
What is the name for a person who exposed corruption in the US?
Muckraker
The overwhelming power of Standard Oil led to which act being passed?
The Sherman Antitrust Act.
Steel used to be hard to get, but after this process it became easier to make.
Bessemer Process
When did the Gilded Age start and end? (roughly)
1870 - 1900s
---- -- ----------- founded the Standard Oil Company.
A rebelling against the poor working conditions of Carnegie Steel.
Homestead Strike
--------- -------- were becoming more popular in pointing out corruption in politics.
Political cartoons
----------- were made during this time. They allowed cities to expand without going outwards.
Skyscrapers
-------- --- was an extremely powerful monopoly, which even influenced the government.
Standard Oil
------ ---- was known for exposing corruption in politics by illustrations published in Harper's Weekly.
Thomas Nast
Name 4 things Muckrakers exposed as serious issues.
Examples like Child Labor, unsanitary food, Women's economic rights, settlement, Monopolies, Problems with asylums.
Name 4 different Acts passed during the Progressive Era.
(It cannot be the Meat inspection Act)
Sherman Antitrust Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Public Contracts Act, Fair Labor Standard Act, Chinese Exclusion Act.
This allowed faster travel and the opportunities for taller buildings.
Elevators
These two things expanded rapidly in the Gilded Ages.
Industry and Immigration