Gilded Age

He created the company known as Standard Oil

• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

Which of these is NOT a reason why people viewed industrial leaders as robber barons?

• wealthy manipulators of government
• unfairly squeezed out competietion
• exploited the working class
• provided progress, jobs, technolgy

An organization of workers formed to improve working conditions is called what?

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, museums and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 

• geopolitical
• political bosses
• anthropology
• philanthropy

A group of companies agreeing to fix prices in an industry is called . . .

• monopoly
• corporation
• trust
• horizontal Integration

What is a refusal to work as a form of protest?

• Strike
• Union
• Muckraker
• Suffrage

This man was the founder of U.S. Steel and also one of history's greatest philanthropists

• John Rockefeller
• J.P. Morgan
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The technological development most revolutionized US steel industry.

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process

Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?

• Very crowded
• Spreading sickness and disease
• No windows, heat, or plumbing
• All of the above

Which law granted 160 acres of land to any male head of household willing to move West?

• The Interstate Commerce Act
• The Pendleton Act
• The Homestead Act 
• none of the above