Practice Study Questions

Front

Why did the Homestead Steel workers go on strike in 1892?

Back

To oppose wage cuts and union busting

Front

Who was the leader in the banking industry?

Back

J.P. Morgan

Front

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

Back

Railroads

Front

What does laissez-faire politics mean?

Back

Businesses could operate without government interference

Front

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

Back

Factories could extend working hours

Front

Who lived in tenements during the Gilded Age?

Back

Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

Front

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages?

Back

Nativists

Front

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

Back

America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

Front

What is a monopoly?

Back

When one person or company controls a market

Front

Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics? Options: Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison

Back

Thomas Edison