The Gilded Age

One of Thomas Edison’s major accomplishments was _________________.

• Creating the affordable car
• Making electricity accessible to all 
• Invented the telephone
• Improved the Railroads

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act

TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor

• True
• False

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Where  did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston Island
• Long Island
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

• Interstate Commerce Act 
• Homestead Act
• Sherman AntiTrust Act
• Dawes Act

John D. Rockefeller used this method; when companies that produce a similar product merges together

• horizontal integration
• vertical integration
• scientific management
• time-study analysis

Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices

• monopoly
• capitalism
• socialism
• concentration of wealth

What was the first permanent labor union; it used strikes as a tactic?

• American Federation of Labor
• Knights of Labor
• International Workers of the World
• Knights of Columbus

What was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?

• Captain of Industry
• Social Darwinist
• Socialist
• Fundamentalist