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Unit 2: The Gilded Ages Study GuideIndustrializationWhat 3 factors contributed to American IndustrializationWhat is the process that converted iron into steel?What were 3 inventions of this period that impacted American society?What is mass production?What are two pros and 2 cons of Industrialization of the US.The Rise of Big BusinessWhat is a corporation?What is an entrepreneur?What is a patent?What is a trust?Name 3 Robber Barons.What is a monopoly?What are some ways to achieve a monopoly?ImmigrationWhere did most immigrants come from?Why did many immigrants come to America? (1 push and 1 pull factor)How did most immigrants during this period get to America?What two places did many immigrants get processed?What is urbanization?What was a settlement house?Describe a tenement building.What is Nativism? Labor UnionsWhat is Laissez-Faire?Describe working conditions for an average factory worker.What is socialism?Name 2 labor unions.Name 3 strikes.How did many of these strikes end?What trend did this movement create?What did the government do to increase regulation of business? Politics and Populism of the Gilded AgeWhat did the US government pass to stop the Spoils System? What was the purpose of this Act?Describe politics at this time?Who raised the public’s awareness of political corruption?What conflict over money arose during this period?What were some problems that faced farmers during this period? Who did they blame?What movement was started to represent the farmer? What did they want?What political party was created to represent the farmer?What was the platform of the Populist Party called? What did they want?Who represented the Populist Party? What famous speech did he deliver?What was the lasting legacy of the Populist Party?African Americans during the Gilded AgeWhat three ways did State Governments limit voting rights for African Americans?What were Jim Crow Laws?Who fought for African American rights during this period?What did Booker T. Washington believe?What was the Atlanta Compromise?What did W.E.B. DuBois believe?What did Plessy vs. Ferguson establish?What group fought for Mexican American rights during this period?Who fought for Women’s rights during this period?What organization did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony create to fight for women’s rights? ................
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