Gilded Age Flashcard

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During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. What were they forming?

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Labor Unions

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The innovation of ________ helped open up the national market in the 1800s. This was a big part of making the infrastructure of the US so great.

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railroads

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This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

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Gilded age

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During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved into the U.S. and going to cities looking for economic opportunities.

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Urbanization and Immigration

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Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?

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John D. Rockefeller

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A Scottish immigrant who led the enormous expansion of the steel industry.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Which of the following is a characteristic of the Gilded Age? people began moving to rural areas to farm acres of cotton and grain, the political process was opened up to citizens of different ethnicities and social class, America expanded westward to accomplish its goal of Manifest Destiny, the government passed favorable laws to help the growth of big business

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the government passed favorable laws to help the growth of big business

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The Gilded Age is infamous for

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businessmen bribing government officials

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In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states. This fact can most likely be attributed to the: influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories, the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west, the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America, the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land.

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the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west

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What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

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to encourage settlement on the Great Plains