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100
The light bulb was perfected by this man in 1878.
Thomas Edison
100
This term describes when one company controls an entire industry and limits competition.
Monopoly
100
This term describes the unequal gap between the rich and the poor during the Gilded Age.
Inequality
100
This natural resource was essential for powering factories and trains.
Coal
100
True or false, before 1920, many states allowed women some voting privileges.
True- many states allowed women limited voting rights, such as voting in local or school elections.
200
This poweful banker financed and organized major corporations like U.S. Steel.
(Hint: He is on the board game Monopoly)
JP Morgan
200
This term means the rapid, often chaotic growth of CITIES due to an increased population.
Urbanization
200
This 1882 act banned a specific group of people from entering the U.S
The Chinese Exclusion Act
200
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company are largely credited with inventing this in 1908.
The automobile
200
This term, coined by Mark Twain, describes an era that looked successful on the surface but had serious problems underneath.
The Gilded Age
300
This man controlled the oil industry through Standard Oil; key example of a monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller
300
Workers organized into these groups to fight for better pay and conditions.
Labor Unions
300
Because the Gilded Age created a lot of inequality between the classes, the Progressive movement tried to create many of these, meaning improvements to society.
Reforms
300
__________ power provided energy for machines in industry and the community such as street cars, fans, and the printing press.
Electrical
300
Which factor most likely caused immigrants to come to the United States in the 1800s.
a. A desire to reunite with family members
b. To see the beauty of America
c. To escape poverty and oppression in their own country
d. To make a fortune as a businessman
c. To escape poverty and oppression in their own country
400
This steel industry leader built one of the largest businesses in the U.S.
Andrew Carnegie
400
This term refers to business leaders seen as using unfair practices to gain wealth.
Robber Barrons
400
During the Gilded Age, there were often crowded and unsanitary living and working conditions in immigrant neighborhoods during the late 1800s. What major problem of the Industrial Era is being highlighted?
A. Increased access to education
B. Poor living and working conditions in tenements
C. Growth of labor unions
D. Expansion of voting rights
B. Poor living and working conditions in tenements
400
Prior to the telephone, this device was the only way to communicate over long distances.
The telegraph
400
The 1912 sinking of this ship is widely considered the symbolic end of the Gilded Age.
The Titanic
500
This business leader made his fortune in shipping and later dominated the railroad industry. Eventually, he and his family made some poor decisions and lost all of their money.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
500
This term refers to business leaders who often donate their money such as Andrew Carnegie who donated millions of dollars to libraries and colleges.
Captains of Industry
500
During the Gilded Age, political bosses often accepted bribes and used money to influence the government. What term describes this dishonest use of power?
Corruption
500
This series of railroad tracks allowed California, Texas, and Washington state to be connected with the factories and large cities on the east coast.
The Transcontinental Railroad
500
Women such as Susan B Anthony advocated for women's _______________, meaning the right to vote.
Suffrage