Name Unit 5 The Gilded Age Quiz Topics

Name _________________________________________ Unit 5, The Gilded Age Quiz – Topics and Study Guide • HOMEWORK Thursday, 2/7: Answer questions under I-III on your own paper. • HOMEWORK Friday 2/8 – Questions under IV I. II. III. IV. Big Business I. Big business tycoons – What were the 5 major tycoons we studied and what were their different industries? II. Robber barons vs. Captains of industry – What is the difference between a Robber Baron and a Captain of Industry? Provide an example of each. III. Big business strategies I. Monopolies – What is a monopoly? What can monopolies do to prices? Provide an example of one. II. Cartels – What is a cartel? Why do companies form cartels? Provide an example of one. III. Horizontal and vertical integration – What is horizontal integration? Why do companies use it? What is vertical integration? Why do companies use it? Provide an example of each. Industrialization (2 nd Industrial Revolution) I. Cars, electricity, lights, planes – Who invented these and what was their significance? Provide answers for each invention. Labor movement I. Workers’ conditions & Unions – What types of conditions existed for workers during the Gilded Age? Be specific. What Unions existed? Why were Unions formed? II. Strikes – Why did workers go on strike? What were some of the famous strikes of the Gilded Age? Immigration I. Push factors & pull factors – What is a push factor? What is a pull factor? Provide at least 3 examples of each. II. Conditions for immigrating into the US/life for immigrants in the US – What was the immigration process like? What was life like for immigrants once they were living in the US?