STAAR Day 2 Notes (Gilded-Progressive)

What does philanthropy mean?

• generously donating money to good causes

• future generations; your kid's kids

• being wealthy and leaving all of your money to 1 son

• a place where different nationalities and religions are mixed together

What is this a picture of?

• tenements

• melting pot

• skyscrapers

• plantations

Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices such as Vanderbilt and Carnegie was called a ?

• Robber Baron

• Slum Lord

• Proprietor

• Land Lord

Which word means a complete ownership or control of the entire supply of goods or a service in a certain market?

• monopoly

• industry

• colony

• philanthropy

A Scottish immigrant who led the enormous expansion of the steel industry.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

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

• Ellis

• Angel

• Galveston

• Long

This picture represents the idea of ?

• Nativism

• Melting Pot

• Reservations

• Globalism

During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.

• cities

• farms

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Nativism

• Assimilation

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