The Gilded Age
Gold
What does Progress mean?
To make better
To improve
The Transcontinental Railroad connected...
The East and The West coasts of America
Who gets credit for inventing the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
A person who buys goods.
Consumer
Name a BAD aspect of the Gilded Age.
Unsafe Working Conditions
Child Labor
Low Pay and Long Hours
Unsanitary food/ meat production
Robber Barons
Dirty/ Crowded Cities
Name one thing that got better in the Progressive Era.
Safety Codes
Children had to go to school
Labor Unions fought for better conditions
Government started getting involved
What immigrant group was hired to help build the railroads?
Chinese Immigrants
How did people light their homes before the lightbulb?
They used candles, gas lamps, and oil lamps
Work that people do, usually for payment.
Labor
When ONE company controls an entire industry.
Monopoly
Nickname for journalists who exposed the problems in society.
Muckrakers
What is ONE positive of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Faster travel for people AND goods
Safer travel
People could move Westward
Started new towns and businesses
What is one POSITIVE of the lightbulb?
Safer night life
Safer to light homes
Families can stay up and spend more time together
Businesses can stay open later
Tools, machines, and inventions that people use to solve problems and make life easier.
Technology
When a FEW companies work together to control an entire industry.
Trust
Which president helped make things better in the Progressive Era?
Teddy Roosevelt
What is ONE negative of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Native Americans were pushed out
Buffalo were killed off
Workers faced really dangerous conditions when building the Railroad
What is a NEGATIVE of the lightbulb?
Workers had to work longer hours
Pressure to always be busy and active
Electic power plants create pollution
When the government is NOT controlling business much.
Laissez-Faire
What is the name of the company that burned down in NYC because there were no safety laws?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
This law made our food/ meat production MUCH safer.
Meat Inspection Act
How did the Transcontinental Railroad help our Economy?
Businesses can send their goods faster and therefore can make more money
"Boomtowns" sprang up and started new communities
Attracted more people to the U.S. to work
What was the first major city in America to get electricity?
New York City
Nickname for a rich businessman who is selfish and got rich through unethical practices.
Robber Baron