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19 Cards in this Set
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Who were the Gilded Gentlemen?
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-John D. Rockefeller
-Andrew Carnegie -J.P. Morgan |
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What kind of buisness did John D. Rockefeller get his wealth from?
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owned the leading oil company in America at that time
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What kind of buisness did Andrew Carnegie get his wealth from?
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commanded the leading steel industry in America
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What kind of buisness did J.P. Morgan get his wealth from?
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leading banker in America
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What does gilded mean?
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covered in gold
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What POSITIVE changes were made to buildings?
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-skyscrapers
-elevator break -steel used as support |
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What POSITIVE changes were made to transportation?
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-mass transit (____)
-1860-elevated trains -1897-subways -cable cars-San Fransico |
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What POSITIVE changes were made to housing?
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-sewage systems
-water purification -fire fighters -police suburbia |
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What POSITIVE changes were made to recration?
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-department stores
-world's fairs -amusment parks |
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What are some new proffesions that were created?
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-city planners-made sure buildings were safe
-civil engineering-build roads and bridges -sanitation -kindergardens -American Medical Association |
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What was a NEGATIVE side-effect of the working conditions?
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-10
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What were the NEGATIVE side-effects of the working conditions?
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-10 to 12 hour work day
-worked 6 days a week -could be fired at any time |
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What wew the NEGATIVE side-effects of steel?
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burns
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What were the NEGATIVE side-effects of mining?
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-cave collapsing
-black lung |
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What were the NEGATIVE side-effects of working in the textile industry?
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-lose lumbs
-crowded work spaces -cotton fibers in lung |
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What were sweat shops?
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-crowded urban factories
-immigrants and child labor --led to child labor laws -at least 12 years old -no longer 10 hour work day |
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What were the NEGATIVE side-effects of the housing conditions?
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-shortage of houses
-unsafe and unsanitary -garbage in street -fires -breakout of disease |
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What were the NEGATIVE side-effects of politics?
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-political machines *run by bosses)
-boss tweed (NY) -swindled $200 mil. |
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What are muckrakers?
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-people who would expose the truth about certain things
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