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Explore the significance of the Gilded Age, the impact of immigration, and the rise of business leaders during this time period. Learn about terms, take a quiz, and discuss the positive and negative effects of immigration on the United States.

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  1. Bell Ringer: • 5 minute quick study of terms from yesterday’s vocabulary. • 10 question quiz to be given on the importance of each! • No notes can be used!

  2. Goal 5: Becoming an Industrial Society During the Gilded Age:1877-1900Chapter 9.1 & Chapter 10.1 • What is meant by “The Gilded Age”? "The golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness of the metal underneath.“ -Mark Twain • Horatio Alger – “rags to riches” stories of the time period, were these stories accurate?

  3. Why did the United States expand during the age of industrialization? abundant natural resources = ? New technologies (railroad, light bulb, Bessemer process, telephone, sewing machine, etc) increase population (flood of immigrants = ?) European investments and friendly government practices (laissez faire, patents, tariffs)

  4. What is the difference between “old immigrants” and “new immigrants”? “Old immigrants” from North and West Europe Mostly Protestant Skilled in trade, many knew English “New immigrants” after 1870 from S and E Europe (70%) Many from China and other Asian countries less skilled than before, poor, catholic or Jewish

  5. What are Push and Pull Factors for “New Immigrants?”

  6. What were opportunities and challenges immigrants faced in the U.S.? • Americanization programs • based in “melting pot” theory = ? • Settlement houses =? • Ethnic neighborhoods = ? • Immigrants faced “Nativism” =? • Religious conflicts • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

  7. Essential question: did immigration have a positive or negative impact on the united states and why? Support your answer with reading from: Pages 334-337 Immigrants transformed American society… Helped economic growth, added to our culture in many ways, lobbied for improvements in the workplace

  8. Objective 5.02: Explain how business and industrial leaders accumulate wealth and wielded political and economic power. Corporations Trusts Monopolies Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration

  9. Think of a company you want to get rich starting with your partner. (something you can draw easily?)2. Graphically explain your term on your large paper. Examples…

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