Industrialization Gilded Age Test Review

The New York industrialist who pioneered the corporate strategy of vertical integration with this Standard Oil Company

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

U.S. entrepreneur who gained his wealth in the 19th century through shipping and railroads

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

American industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

U.S. banker and financier, a leader in corporate finance and industrial mergers during the Gilded Age

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

One way in which the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentleman's Agreement (1907) were similar is that they

• reflected nativist attitudes in the United States

• Encourage a policy of popular sovereignty

• led to an increase in Asian immigration

• eased requirements for citizenship

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

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

Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, the Dictaphone, and hundreds of others

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• Benjamin Franklin

The Gilded Age describes all of the following except

• Poverty

• Corruption in politics

• Large gap between rich and poor

• War

One important effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States was

• the right to vote for women

• economic prosperity (boom) in the Northeastern US

• population growth in rural areas

• worker's rights

In 1882, the government passed a law that restricted immigration from a specific country for 10 years.

• Nativist Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Dawes Act

• Mexican Reparation Act