Industrialization

Someone who creates their own business is called a(n)...

• Entrepreneur
• Billionaire
• Investor
• Stock Holder

Which industrialist is best known for his work in the steel industry?

• Charles Lindberg
• Andrew Carnegie
• John Rockefeller

Which industrialist is best known for his work in the oil industry?

• George Bush
• Charles Koch
• John Rockefeller

What law prohibited unfair business practices by the railroads against farmers trying to sell their goods?

• Glass-Steagal Act
• Volstead Act
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Prohibition

Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the Congress of Industrial Organization were examples of....

• Organized Crime
• Terrorist organizations
• Labor unions

The sometimes unethical business practices of some business owners led them to be given this nickname

• Banksters
• Tycoons
• Fat Cats
• Robber Barons

Some industrialists later gave money away to benefit the public. This is known as....

• Tax Evasion
• Gifting
• Philanthropy
• Splurging

While industralists made lots of money, their workers often didn't, so the period was not as prosperous as it seemed. For this reason it is often called the....

• Great Depression
• Gilded Age
• Golden Age
• Dark Age

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union Leaders
• Philanthropists
• Nativists
• Political Bosses

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for--

• the growth of big business
• involvement in foreign wars
• the acquisition of foreign territories
• increased temperance regulations