What purpose did Labor Unions serve during the Gilded Age?
The Gilded Age and Industrialization

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To help large corporations to increase their production.
To promote immigration of skilled workers from Asia and Europe.
To unite workers to collectively demand better wages, hours, and working conditions from factory owners
To introduce new and innovative techniques to factories.
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The RR Trust run by Cornelius Vanderbilt engaged in corrupt pricing practices by charging high rates for RR routes that were used regularly no matter the distance. Farmers were many times overcharged to transport crops to the East.
What was the Act that was passed that would allow the government to regulate Railroad businesses and routes?
Interstate Commerce Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Indian Migration Act
Civil Service Act
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Analyze this picture and determine why the size of Rockefeller is so exaggerated.
He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors
He was a government inspector looking for corruption
He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government
He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Analyze this political cartoon and explain the symbolism you identify in the picture
the government handed out welfare to the poor
many large businessmen sold favors to their patrons
political bosses used the spoils system to reward their supporters with favors, contracts, and jobs.
the mayor of cities would hand out the voting ballots on election day to the public
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Thomas Edison will invent a source of illumination that will revolutionize the way factories work and improve the quality of life for many. What was the name of this invention?
light bulb
telegraph
telephone
typewriter
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Due to the lack of compulsory education laws, low wages, and a high level of poverty in ethnic ghettos many children worked along side men and women.
All of the below were characteristics of Child Labor during Industrialization EXCEPT---
long hours
educational opportunities
less pay
many injuries
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which two ethnic groups played an important role in the construction and completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?
African Americans and Native Americans
Buffalo Soldiers and Chinese immigrants
Steelworkers and Irish
Irish and Chinese immigrants
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