
Gilded Age and ROSE
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12th Grade
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Janine Snyder
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Draw
Draw a star in the photo next to the image or symbol that show this was a time of great wealth.
Circle the objects in the photo that show that this time was about factories and industries.
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Multiple Choice
The main idea of this newspaper clipping is...
Working in a steel mill was dangerous.
People died back then.
A mother was sad about losing her son.
People worked hard to make money.
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Categorize
Many new job opportunities
New technologies that made life easier
Dangerous working conditions
Long hours and little pay
Anyone could own a business
Wealthy business owners could do whatever they wanted with no government interference
Plenty of labor with immigrants
Leads to pollution and overcrowding
Growth of cities; plenty of opportunities
Organize these options into the right categories. What were the PROS and CONS of The Gilded Age and the Rise of Industry in America?
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Open Ended
Of all the PROS and CONS, which one do you think was the most important significant PRO reason and why?
Which one do you think was the most important significant CON reason and why?
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Open Ended
Based on the pictures, what do each of the letters R. O. S. E. stand for?
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Open Ended
Slide #7: Mentions Progress and Loss.
1. What does it mean by progress? What kind of progress was made?
2. Look a the figure in the photo. Who experienced loss when the railroad was built? What did they lose?
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Draw
NEATLY Circle the effect that explains how railroads helped companies sell their products all across the U.S and not just locally.
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Fill in the Blanks
Vanderbilt made money from owning
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Multiple Choice
Refineries took dark, thick crude oil from the ground and refined it. This meant it became...
Clear and clean
Thicker and darker
Golden and expensive
Sweet and delicious
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Multiple Select
Kerosene or refined oil...
Replaced whale oil in lamps
Burned clean and bright
Was dirty and didn't work very well
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Multiple Choice
TRUE or FALSE? Oil became more valuable than gold and was used in many products.
TRUE
FALSE
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Fill in the Blanks
Because of all of the money he made, he was America's first
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Fill in the Blanks
John D. Rockefeller's oil company was named
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Fill in the Blanks
He bought up 90% of his competitors and controlled the market for oil. This was called having a
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Open Ended
What might be a problem with building things made from wood? What about iron?
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Multiple Choice
The Bessemer process resulted in making steel faster and more durable than ever before.
TRUE
FALSE
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Open Ended
Steel became the #1 new building material in the U.S.
It was light and strong and lasted a long time (durable).
What kind of new buildings would be built with steel?
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Fill in the Blanks
Carnegie made his money from owning EVERY part of the steel making business:
the mining of materials needed
the ships and train cars that shipped it
the factories that made it
Owning every stage of production is called...
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Multiple Choice
The graph shows is that by 1910 steel production was at an all time high. This tell us...
There was HUGE demand for steel for building.
This was NO demand for steel for building.
The U.S. ran out of steel after 1910.
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Multiple Choice
Thomas Edison invented electricity.
TRUE
FALSE
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Open Ended
What are some innovations and inventions that were created electricity was becoming more widely available?
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Open Ended
Electricity allowed factories to stay open longer. What did this mean for the factory workers?
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Categorize
JP Morgan invented money
JP Morgan invested in companies that were providing many of the resources the growing US needed
JP Morgan owned Standard Oil Company
JP Morgan used his own money to helped the government .
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Match
Match the following...
1. Supplied the growing demand for shipping goods and people faster
Made from carbon and iron, Bessemer Process made it faster and better
Used for cars, make-up, and later plastics
Was widespread in cities; rural areas lagged behind
More valuable than gold and needed for daily life for many
Railroads
Steel
Oil
Electricity
Oil
Railroads
Steel
Oil
Electricity
Oil
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Match
Match the following...
John D. Rockefeller created a company for this product which supplied 90% of the U.S
Thomas Edison made many innovations because of this and created his own company
Andrew Carnegie mastered this product
JP Morgan invested in this to make money
Needed many workers and factory work was dangerous
Oil
Electricity
Steel
All of them
Steel
Oil
Electricity
Steel
All of them
Steel
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