Friday, January 25, 2008
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AP Gilded Age assignment
Use the links on the side of this page to find your answers
1st section: "Gilded Age"
1. What were the years of the gilded age?
2. What business was JD Rockefeller involved in?
3. What business was Andrew Carnegie involved in?
4. Who is Susan B. Anthony chasing after in the cartoon, and which amendment did she support?
5. What industry lead the way for Standard timezones and why?
6. Which river was the site of the first hydroelectric dam? And what government program spread hydroelectricity into the south?
7. Which president dedicated the Statue of Liberty? And what is the significance of Emma Lazarus poem enscribed at her base?
8. What famous wealthy investors established the Edison Light Company?
9. What was the major conflict in the Dakota territory?
10. What was Billy the Kid's real name?
11. What causes did Grace Abbott fight for?
12. When was the first metal detector used? And what killed president Garfield?
13. Where was the pyramid of the Washington Monument put on display before being placed on top?
Section 2 use "more gilded Age"
14. How do you think the closing of the frontier and growth of industry shaped our country at the time?
15. Who coined the term "Gilded Age"? And why does it accurately depict this period in history?
Section 3 use "Andrew Carnegie" click on timeline then interactive version
16. In a paragraph, describe Andrew Carnegie's rise to success as a steel man.
17. Was Andrew Carnegie a Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Defend your point of view.
Section 4: Use "Homestead Strike" to answer the following.
18. What company did the strikers work for?
19. Why did these workers go on strike?
20. After reading the story, do you think the management made the right decisions in dealing with the strike? Why?
1st section: "Gilded Age"
1. What were the years of the gilded age?
2. What business was JD Rockefeller involved in?
3. What business was Andrew Carnegie involved in?
4. Who is Susan B. Anthony chasing after in the cartoon, and which amendment did she support?
5. What industry lead the way for Standard timezones and why?
6. Which river was the site of the first hydroelectric dam? And what government program spread hydroelectricity into the south?
7. Which president dedicated the Statue of Liberty? And what is the significance of Emma Lazarus poem enscribed at her base?
8. What famous wealthy investors established the Edison Light Company?
9. What was the major conflict in the Dakota territory?
10. What was Billy the Kid's real name?
11. What causes did Grace Abbott fight for?
12. When was the first metal detector used? And what killed president Garfield?
13. Where was the pyramid of the Washington Monument put on display before being placed on top?
Section 2 use "more gilded Age"
14. How do you think the closing of the frontier and growth of industry shaped our country at the time?
15. Who coined the term "Gilded Age"? And why does it accurately depict this period in history?
Section 3 use "Andrew Carnegie" click on timeline then interactive version
16. In a paragraph, describe Andrew Carnegie's rise to success as a steel man.
17. Was Andrew Carnegie a Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Defend your point of view.
Section 4: Use "Homestead Strike" to answer the following.
18. What company did the strikers work for?
19. Why did these workers go on strike?
20. After reading the story, do you think the management made the right decisions in dealing with the strike? Why?
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