THE GILDED AGE
What term describes the rapid growth of industry and factories?
Industrial Capitalism
What was Ellis Island used for?
Immigrant processing
Who was Boss Tweed?
Political machine leader
What were labor unions fighting for?
Better wages, hours, conditions
What is imperialism?
Expanding power through control of other lands
Name ONE Titan of Industry and how they made money.
Rockefeller – Standard Oil / Carnegie – Steel
What type of housing did many immigrants live in?
Tenements
What was Tammany Hall?
Political machine in NYC
Name ONE labor issue workers faced.
Child labor, long hours
Why did the U.S. want to expand globally?
Resources, power, markets
How did industrialization change where people lived?
Urbanization → cities grew, tenements
How did immigration help fuel industrial growth?
Cheap labor, factory workers
How did political machines gain power?
Bribes, favors, votes
How did Black Progressive Movements resist discrimination?
Activism, education, protests
What event helped start WWI?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Explain ONE social problem caused by industrial capitalism.
Child labor, unsafe working conditions, slums
How did urbanization create both opportunity AND problems?
Jobs + overcrowding, sanitation issues
How did corruption hurt American democracy?
Unfair laws, inequality, abuse of power
How did Jim Crow laws contribute to resistance movements?
Oppression → organized resistance
Why was U.S. involvement in WWI important?
Turned tide, global power
Connect the Gilded Age economy to a modern issue today.
Income inequality, monopolies, labor rights
Make a cause-and-effect connection between immigration and labor unions.
Poor conditions → union organizing
Why did corruption lead to Progressive reforms?
Public demand for change
Are labor unions today more similar to or different from the Gilded Age?
Student explains + modern connection
How did new military technology affect soldiers mentally?
Trauma, fear, shell shock