The Gilded Age

Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his profits at the end of his life

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

What kind of people worked on building railroads?

• Pioneers

• Immigrants

• Homesteaders

• Native Americans

Which of the following statements about the Gilded Age is true?

• The middle class ran society

• There was a major difference between the rich and the poor

• Immigrants lived in luxury

• Many people shared in the wealth resulting from the growth of big business

Economic philosophy based on "Survival of the fittest"

• Social Darwinism
• National Market
• Knights of Labor
• Free Enterprise System

Completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, connecting New York to California

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Interstate Highway

• Route 66

• Henry Ford's Model T

Nativists oppose...

• Business regulation
• Immigration
• Capitalism
• Democracy

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

• Assimilation/Americanization

• Nativistism

• Communism

• Vietnamization

During which battle did the Plains Indians defeat Colonel George Custer?

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Trail of Tears

This man founded Standard Oil and became the richest man in history

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

Gaining control of many businesses that make the same product (ex.: buying all fast food restaurants so you have no competition)

• Horizontal Integration

• Vertical Integration