Unit 5 - Flashcard 1 - The Gilded Age

Front

What industry contributed to rapid growth in the steel and oil industries? Options: Automobile, Electrical Power, Coal, Railroad

Back

Railroad

Front

This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age

Back

Andrew Carnegie

Front

This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry

Back

Monopoly

Front

This man owned Standard Oil and controlled 90% of the oil industry during the Gilded Age

Back

John D Rockefeller

Front

This person invented the phonograph, motion pictures, and the electric light bulb.

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

Where were European immigrants processed when entering the U.S.?

Back

Ellis Island

Front

Where were Asian immigrants processed when entering the U.S?

Back

Angel Island

Front

Who was the first president of the American Federation of Labor?

Back

Samuel Gompers

Front

What was an advantage of labor union?

Back

gives workers the collective power to bargain with their employers

Front

What was most responsible for connecting factories on the east coast to markets on the west coast?

Back

the transcontinental railroad