Gilding the Age
When something is gilded, it means that this substance has been applied to the outside.
What is gold?
These buildings were constructed for the manufacture of goods such as clothing and cars.
What are factories?
The women's suffrage movement was determined to get women the right to do this.
What is vote?
Eastern, Western, and central Unites States were connected by the construction of this, employing many Chinese and Irish immigrants, as well as newly freed African-Americans.
What is the railroad/train?
Cardi B launched herself to fame with this 2018 single, in collaboration with Bad Bunny and J Balvin.
What is "I Like It"?
This was another name for the Captains of Industry, the wealthy company owners in the Gilded Age.
What are robber barons?
Before mandatory public schooling, these people were often forced to work in factories or mines. They're not men yet, but they sure are working!
What are children?
The world-traveling investigative journalist, Nellie Bly, is most famous for her infiltration and exposure of this type of facility.
What is an asylum?
Until their near-extinction, these shaggy cattle roamed wild in the Western United States, serving as a food source for many Indigenous tribes.
What are bison?
This Spanish phrase meanin "I like it" was used as a meme in the 2010s.
What is 'me gusta'?
The Gilded Age wasn't always pretty on the inside--Upton Sinclair showed the ugliness of the meat packing industry in this book.
What is The Jungle?
When faced with dangerous working conditions and low pay, workers formed these groups to pressure their bosses into making change.
What are unions?
Women led the charge on the temperance movement, which resulted in the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture and sale of this beverage.
What is alcohol?
In 1849, this valuable metal was discovered out west, causing many people to "rush" to California.
What is gold?
In this 1999 song, the Backstreet Boys say they "never want to hear you say" this.
What is "I Want it That Way"?
The automobile manufacturer, Henry Ford, completely changed the factory when he developed this system, where one person completes part of the car and passes it on to the next person for the next part.
What is the assembly line?
This conservative-turned-progressive held many jobs--he was a boxer, an outdoorsman, a hunter, the overseer of the Panama canal, the leader of the Rough Riders, and the President of the United States!
Who is President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
In 1848, Elizbeth Cady Stanton held the Seneca Falls Convention--the first convention dedicated to this topic.
What is women's rights?
As white settlers pushed into Western territories, Native American groups were often forced to relocate into these areas.
What are reservations?
In the 2004 movie Madagascar, the lemur, King Julien, likes to do this.
What is "Move it, move it"?
In order to break up voting blocks, weirdly shaped congressional districts were drawn--a practice known as this.
What is gerrymandering?
From Ireland, Greece, China, and Germany, people came to the United States in order to secure jobs in factories; we call them this.
What are immigrants?
This Black, female investigative journalist used her experience of being forced to move out of a first-class train car to propel her writing and activism.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This cowboy and soldier was famous for hunting bison to supply railway workers with food.
Who is William "Buffalo Bill" Cody?
This Shakespearian play of preference contains the Bard's famous "All the world's a stage" speech.
What is As You Like It?