The Gilded Age

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What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

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Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

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What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

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The cost of many goods made in the United States decreased.

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_____ opened the way for worldwide communications with the invention of the telephone.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad? Options: Goods were transported across country, Populations in the west increased, Railroad reduced the size of the US, Travel across the country was possible

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Railroad reduced the size of the US

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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800's?

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new methods of making steel

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Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves _______.

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buying out raw material producers and distributors

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Which is NOT a characteristic of a business monopoly? Options: encourage business competition, rise prices, put all competition out of business, control all of a products' production

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encourage business competition

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In the late 1800's, collective bargaining was a technique used to ______.

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win workers' rights

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Business owners generally paid low wages in factories because ______.

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keeping wages low meant lower production costs

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Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was ____.

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increasing economic opportunity in cities