The Gilded Age - Escape Room

ESCAPE GAME INDUSTRIAL

The Gilded Age

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THE SETTING

You are on a visit to a factory where research is being done on laissez faire government strategies. A security breach has caused a lockdown. The only way out requires a pass code. Will you be the one to get out...?

THE MISSION

A radical group of communists have seized the control of a factory to try to destroy capitalism. The problem is that the security breach has caused a lockdown and your friends and you are inside!!

Solve the riddles and get the code to get out of the factory.!

THE RADICAL TEAM

Mom & Child

Eugene V. Debs

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Worker

Union Leader

Steel Boss

Oil Boss

LA BASE

This code is in the Railroad System

What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution?

The cost of many goods made in the United States decreased.

The government lowered taxes.

The number of people working as farmers increased.

2. One major way that horizontal integration helped businesses lower production costs was by

limiting their production.

encouraging competition for products.

merging competiting firms.

3. Labor unions generally formed as a result of

business owners' desire for workers to organize.

workers' desire to improve working conditions and increase wages.

federal legislation mandating worker's rights.

This code is hidden within the political cartoon about Labor Unions.

This code is locked within the tenement housing. Explore all of it to discover the final number of the code. Once you have it, click on the keypad.

ABCD

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OPEN

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WRONG PASSWORD

YOU FAILED!

You have destroyed the factory...

Try again

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

You escaped from the factory!!

Chicago, Illinois

Within twenty years after the arrivial of the railroads, Chicago had become the nation's main railroad hub. Livestock and grain came to Chicago from the West, while manufactured goods came from the East. Industries such as meatpacking flourished, in turn influencing the railroads. The need to keep meat fresh, for example, resulted in the devleopment of the refrigerated train car.

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

With its extensive natural resources - including wood, coal, limestone, sand, flax, and cotton - Pittsburg grew into an industrial powerhouse in the 1800s. Railroads shipped steel and other products to the rest of the country and brought immigrants into the city to begin new lives. With its strong steel-based economy, Pittsburg becamse known as "The Steel City."

St. Louis, Missouri

The first railroad to operate west of the Missippi began its route in St. Louis. The Eads Bridge (shown in the photo was built in 1874 to increase railraod traffic across the Mississippi River. By the 1800s, railroad lines were running from St. Louis to growing cities in Texas and contributing to the growth of free enterprise throughout the country.

Tenement Bedroom

Most bedrooms were very small, about seven feet by eight feet. Bedrooms received little light or fresh air. They served multiple purposes, making them very crowded with beds and other furniture.

Tenement Bathroom

Older tenements did not have indoor bathrooms. Families relied on outhouses in the backyard. Water for washing was heated in the kitchen. All the water tenants used had to be brought in from a spigot in the backyard, located near the outhouses. Indoor bathrooms in tenements became common in the early 1900s. THe bathroom had a toilet, and builders had to add a window or air shaft for ventilation.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Once an army fort, new railroad track laid in the late 1800s turned Las Vegas into a bustling railroad town. The city's water resources allowed trains to refuel, and it served as a rest stop for passengers. In 1905, Las Vegas became a city.

Tenement Kitchen

The kitchen was equipped with a stove that was used for cooking, heating irons, and boiling water for washing. The stove also provided enough heat for the entire apartment. It usually made the fireplace unncessary.

Pullman, Illinois Strike

• Company towns like this one provided everything workers would need, but at significant cost.
• This led to labor unions stepping in.

Tenement Parlor/Living Area

The parlor was usually the largest room in the apartment. It was typically the only room with windows letting in fresh air. Before electricity was added, families relied on kerosene or oil lamps for light.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta literally got its name from the railroads. It was founded in 1837 as a transportation hub where the Georgia and Atlantic rail lines began. Burned by Union forces during the Civil War