The Gilded Age

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• The homesteaders lived in houses made out of what?

Answer 1 – 10

• Sod

Question 1 - 20

•What invention did the settlers create to help them gain access to water?

Answer 1 – 20

• The windmill

Question 1 - 30

•Why did Lincoln create the Homestead Act?

Answer 1 – 30

• To convince people to move out west.

Question 1 - 40

•A settler’s home and land was called it’s what?

Answer 1 – 40

•Homestead

Question 1 - 50

•Name 3 of the 5 hardships that settlers of the Great Plains encountered?

Answer 1 – 50

• -prairie fires• -harsh weather• -insects• -lack of supplies• -lonely life

Question 2 - 10

•Who invented the telephone?

Answer 2 – 10

•Alexander Graham Bell

Question 2 - 20

•Who invented the first automobile?

Answer 2 – 20

•Henry Ford

Question 2 - 30

•Who created Vanderbilt University and where is it located? (City and state)

Answer 2 – 30

•Cornelius Vanderbilt and it is located in Nashville, TN

Question 2 - 40

•Name the two inventions Thomas Edison created.

Answer 2 – 40

• The light bulb and the phonograph

Question 2 - 50

•Name 3 different uses that George Washington Carver found for peanuts.

Answer 2 – 50

• -peanut butter• -shampoo• -medicines• -plastic• -lotion• -coal

Question 3 - 10

•What is it called when unhappy workers get together and refuse to work until their demands are met?

Answer 3 – 10

•A strike

Question 3 - 20

•What are organizations that fight for workers’ rights?

Answer 3 – 20

•Unions

Question 3 - 30

•Why were children forced to work? And how did child labor end in the US?

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• To help their families who were struggling for food. The US passed a law about the age that children can work and how long they can work for.

Question 3 - 40

•AFL stands for what?

Answer 3 – 40

•American Federation of Labor

Question 3 - 50

•Who was the first president of the AFL?

Answer 3 – 50

• Samuel Gompers

Question 4 - 10

•Name two problems that workers in the 1800’s had.

Answer 4 – 10

• -low wages• -long hours• -people who complained could be fired• -no health insurance

Question 4 - 20

• Explain why workers could be replaced so easily during this time.

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• There were many immigrants moving to the U.S. and many people were desperate for jobs.

Question 4 - 30

• Explain why this time period was known as the Gilded Age? What does that mean?

Answer 4 – 30

• If something is gilded it means that it is covered by a thin layer of gold. What lies underneath that gold is different. (Ex: some people were very successful during this era, but most lived poorly)

Question 4 - 40

•A time when an economy is healthy and growing rapidly.

Answer 4 – 40

• Economic boom

Question 4 - 50

•Name 3 things that came to the state of TN during the Gilded Age.

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• -carpetbaggers• -railroads• -industries• -Coca-Cola bottling company• -Factories• -Cities

Question 5 - 10

• This amendment gave women the right to vote.

Answer 5 – 10

•19th Amendment

Question 5 - 20

The name given to people in the North that moved to the South, for many different reasons, during the Gilded Age.

Answer 5 – 20

•Carpetbaggers

Question 5 - 30

• These were the African American soldiers that fought in the Indian Wars.

Answer 5 – 30

•Buffalo Soldiers

Question 5 - 40

• The railroad that spanned across the country, connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Answer 5 – 40

• Transcontinental Railroad

Question 5 - 50

•Name one of the two immigrant groups that helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

Answer 5 – 50

•Chinese• Irish