The Gilded Age Quiz

which industry was considered a catalyst of economic growth during the Gilded Age?

steel

how were workers treated during the Gilded Age?

terrible: forbidden to strike, low wages, long hours, crowded housing + poor quality, child labor

list the industry that these men controlled:

1. Andrew carnegeie -

2. John d. Rockefeller -

3. J.P. Morgan -

4. Cornelius Vanderbilt -

1. steel

2. oil

3. banking

4. railroads

describe the problems that were occurring in cities:

littered, unpaved streets, human waste, crime, ethnic gangs, poorly built buildings

why were some immigrants quarantined on Ellis Island?

some weren’t healthy enoughto enter the U.S. (many had tuberculosis)

how was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

ellis Island was rather welcoming and angel Island was specifically designed to prevent them from entering

key points of the rise of immigration during the Gilded Age consists of:

1. nearly 25 million new immigrants arrived in the U.S. after 1870

2. Among immigrants to the U.S, young people between the ages of 15-30 dominated.

3. immigrants provided a workforce to power new factories and industries of cities.

what term refers to the dislike of or prejudicagainst people from other countries?

xenophobia

what was the law passed in 1882 that stated that there was a limited number of immigrants of chinese descent allowed into the U.S?

chinese exclusion act

a term originally used to describe a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some way. this may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy.

captain of industry

a disparaging term used to describe a powerful 19th century businessman or blanket who used questionable or unethical business practices to become powerful or weathly.

robber barons