Gilded Age

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the importance of the Gilded Age in American history?

• It was a time of great wealth for everyone and no social problems.

• It was a period of rapid industrialization, economic growth, and also marked by inequality and corruption.

• It was a peaceful era with no inventions or economic changes.

• It was a time when America was isolated from the rest of the world.

Multiple Choice

What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?

• Monopolies

• Local Business

• Corporations

• Competitors

Multiple Choice

What was one negative effect of industrialization according to the image?

• It created too many small businesses

• It gave too much power to big businesses called monopolies

• It reduced the wealth of business owners

• It eliminated all government control

Multiple Choice

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

Multiple Choice

What was one major goal of the Populist Party's platform?

• Government ownership of railroads

• Abolition of child labor

• Universal suffrage for women

• Privatization of telegraphs