Inventors
What Gilded Age inventor is known for inventing the electric lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Who revolutionized the steel industry during the Gilded Age?
Andrew Carnegie
Tariff
Tax on imported good
What amendment gave congress the power to tax people's income?
16th amendment
What were working conditions like in the Gilded Age?
Long hours, low wages, little regard for safety, use of child labor
What two Gilded Age inventors revolutionized air travel?
The Wright brothers
Who is known for having a monopoly in the oil industry during the Gilded Age?
John D. Rockefeller
Captain of Industry
Business Owner who uses their wealth to benefit society
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
What change in America during the Gilded Age was represented by the growth of factories
Industrialization
What Gilded Age inventor is known for inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who is known for dominating the banking industry in the Gilded Age?
J.P. Morgan
Business owner becomes wealthy through harsh and often unethical business practices
What three methods did labor unions in the Gilded Age use to see reforms in the workplace?
Strikes, boycotts, and collective bargaining
What progressive party was represented by Theodore Roosevelt?
Bull Moose Party
What Gilded Age inventor is known for inventing the first affordable automobile?
Henry Ford
Who is known for building their wealth through the railroad industry in the Gilded Age?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Urbanization
Growth of cities
Who used investigative journalism to expose problems in America during the Gilded Age?
What was introduced by President Wilson to benefit consumer with lower priced goods?
What Gilded Age inventor also came up with the Assembly Line?
Henry Ford
Explain what a monopoly is.
One company controls the market for a product
Political Machine
Political group with one leader and a large group of supporters who receive patronage in return for their support
What president started the Progressive Movement in the Gilded Age?
Theodore Roosevelt
Where did immigrants originate from in the Gilded Age
Southern and Eastern Europe