Gilded Age Pop Quiz

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Roaring Twenties

Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?

• social darwinists

• political bosses

• nativist

• political machines

The Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.

• steel

• automobiles

• gasoline

• cloth

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

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• scientific management

• time-study analysis

Andrew Carnegie used this method; when a company owns the raw materials, transportation, refining, and selling systems of a product

• vertical integration

• horizontal integration

• time-study analysis

• taylorism

Who coined the phrase "The Gilded Age?"

• Samuel Gompers
• Mark Twain
• Alexander Hamilton
• Eugene Debs

This political cartoon from the Gilded Age is critical of

• workers
• farmers
• government
• the Standard Oil monopoly

What would someone who believed in laissez-faire capitalism most likely say?

• "The government should regulate business."
• "Workers need laws to protect them from being exploited."
• "It is Congress's job to make sure consumers are treated fairly."
• "The government should not restrict the activities of corporations."

Select the statement that is UNTRUE about American Railroads in the Gilded Age:

• Stimulated growth of other industries (steel, iron, coal)

• Helped cities grow and expand westward

• Prompted the creation of Time Zones

• Aided western farmers with lower rates

John D Rockefeller was the owner of which company?

• U.S. Standard Oil

• Carnegie Steel

• U.S. Steel

• Union Pacific Railroad