SEM BUNDLE: GILDED AGE REVIEW

Matching: Big Business

• urban

• what is urban?

• steel

• bessemer process produced ..

• countryside or farm

• the lightbulb was created by -

• Thomas Edison

• what is rural?

• city

• Moving from rural to _____

Matching: Big Business

• Standard Oil

• Andrew Carnegie

• monopolies

• John D. Rockefeller

• gives money to charity

• another name for big business

• extend work and business hours

• what is a philanthropist?

• Carnegie Steel

• what could businesses now do with the lightbulb?

Matching: Big Business

• government is hands off business

• social darwinism

• big business

• Government increase in support for

• only the strong businesses survive

• JP Morgan

• special privileges

• laissez-faire

• banking

• political corruption

Matching: Big Business Review

• efficiently

• During the Gilded Age, many were moving from -

• steel

• with the lightbulb, businesses could now -

• extend their work hours

• businesses could also manufacture more

• Thomas Edison

• The Bessemer Process produced ____ efficiently

• rural to urban

• _____ created the lighbulb

Matching: Big Business Review

• oil industry

• John D. Rockefeller was in the -

• schools & libraries

• Andrew Carnegie was also known as a _____ because he donated his money

• low wages

• Andrew Carnegie was in the -

• steel industry

• Andrew Carnegie donated money to -

• philanthropist

• How did Andrew Carnegie pay his workers?

Matching: Big Business Review

• only the strong businesses survive

• There was an increase in government support for

• limited government interference

• the words to describe the gilded age

• government corruption & big business

• social darwinism

• laissez-faire

• If the government is "laissez-faire" what does that mean?

• the rise of big business

• What does it mean when the government is "hands-off"?

Matching: Urbanization

• government corruption & big business

• why would political machines help immigrants?

• immigrants

• who did political bosses give jobs & housing to?

• urban areas (big cities)

• where were people moving to?

• in exchange for votes

• Boss Tweed controlled which city?

• New York city

• The words to describe the Gilded Age

Matching: Urbanization

• it increased

• the influx of immigrants made it difficult for cities to provide -

• Boss Tweed

• the average work hours in a day during the Gilded Age

• improve infrastructure & help immigrants

• Political Machines would do what two things?

• basic services

• who was the head of Tammany Hall?

• 10 to 14 hours

• What happened to the population across the U.S?

Matching: Urbanization

• 6 days

• how many days a week people worked on average during the Gilded Age

• demand better pay and safer conditions

• average salary during the Gilded Age

• women, children, and immigrants

• labor unions were formed to -

• Knights of Labor

• one major labor union was the -

• $3 to $12 weekly

• Which groups of people were paid less?

Matching: Urbanization

• Haymarket Square Riot

• the strike that occurred after an increase in hours with no extra pay

• labor unions

• which strike turned violent?

• immigrants

• who worked for better pay and safer conditions?

• employment & housing

• who did political bosses get votes from?

• Pullman Strike

• what did political machines give immigrants in exchange for votes?