Industrialization
Describe the Bessemer process
What is an efficient process for making steel
Define political machines during the Gilded Age
What were corrupt local government "bosses" that provided services in exchange for votes.
Define Urbanization
What is the rapid growth of cities or shift of population from Rural to Urban
Describe how the railroads facilitated the growth of the cattle industry
What is a safer and more efficient way to transport cattle to the market.
Define Philanthropy
Who are wealthy people that give large amounts of money to charity
Name reasons the railroads grew during the Gilded Age
What were settlement in the West, new economic opportunities, development of towns
describe an entrepreneur
What is someone who starts or owns a business
Describe how women & children were affected by the economic policies of the late 1800’s
What were working long hours in difficult and dangerous jobs
List farming issues that occurred during the Gilded Age
What are crop failures and low crop prices due to monopolies
When reading a documentary, which information is less authentic: The author’s point of view or facts the author has included?
What is the Point of View
Name reasons industrialization increased during the Gilded Age
What are demand for goods and services, increase of immigrant workers, new inventions
Name 2 reasons Political Machines emerged during the Gilded Age
What is Rapid growth of cities and no regulation
Boss Tweed
List some of the issues regarding urbanization during the Gilded Age
What are poor living conditions, health issues, dangerous working conditions, pollution, crime
List 2 inventions that supported the expansion of the ranching industry
What are barbed wire and railroads
This event removed Native Americans from their reservations so that the land could be sold off
What is the Dawes Act
List a positive and a negative effect of Industrialization
Positive- provides cheap goods and services, more production
Negative- pollution, low wages and poor working condition
Another name for Robber Barons
Big Business owners or Captains of Industry
This industry settled the Western Frontier and crossed the entire United States
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
Telemarketing and customer service were industries that benefited from the invention of this device
What is the telephone
The secondary gold rush in the Yukon
What is the Klondike Gold Rush
describe how steel production impacted the railroad industry
What is Increased production and demand.
What were monopolies & trusts during the Gilded Age
Big Business Owners who stomped out Competition
Ways cities began to address issues regarding urbanization
public health department creation, creation of L-trains and subways, creating professional police forces
Describe the benefits of the telephone in the late 1800’s
what were Jobs and financial investments
This policy limited government interference in economic affairs and affected workers
What is laissez-faire