The Gilded Age

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

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

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

• Many more goods were imported.

• The government lowered taxes.

• The number of people working as farmers increased.

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

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

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Jacob Riis

• Andrew Carnegie

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?

• Goods were transported across country

• Populations in the west increased

• Railroad reduced the size of the US

• Travel across the country was possible

Which of the following was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800's?

• the horse

• the buffalo

• the extended family

• land ownership

Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

• White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains.

• Native Americans refused to remain on the Plains.

• Native American populations decreased and needed less land.

• The Plains failed to meet the needs of Native American peoples.

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

• cheap electric power

• fire safety standards

• the invention of the elevator

• new methods of making steel

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

• buying out raw material producers and distributors

• merging with companies producing similar products

• forming trusts

• used new methods to increase production

Which is NOT a characteristic of a business monopoly?

• encourage business competition

• rise prices

• put all competition out of business

• control all of a products' production

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

• expand industry

• win workers' rights

• restrict labor unions

• overcome the Bourgeoisie