Gilded Age

Historians generally attribute these years to the Gilded Age--

• 1870-1900
• 1820-1860
• 1900-1920
• 1865-1877

The Farmer's Alliance and the Grange, both founded during the Gilded Age, stood for additional government regulation of trade and creating the conditions for more political power and economic well being for farmers (as compared to industrialists).  What 1890s group was founded, supporting these ideas, and attacking the Gold Standard?

• Progressives
• Free Soil Party
• IWW
• Populists

A system of local corruption and bribery during the Gilded Age was referred to as (a)--

• credit mobilier
• political machine
• corrected democracy
• electoral politics

The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century? 

• vertical integration
  
• monopolization
  
• industrialism 
• laissez-faire capitalism 

These issue was significant in the development of labor unions during nineteenth century-- 

• Working conditions
• Racial segregation
• Class discrimination
• Growing prosperity

Which innovation most revolutionized the steel industry?

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process

Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Company?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Henry Ford
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Which tycoon made steel into one of the nation´s biggest industries?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• JP Morgan

The era from the 1870s to 1900 is commonly described by the dominance of big business, industrialization, urbanization, and growing gap between rich and poor.  

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads--

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Gustavus Swift