Gilded Age

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a _____________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

• Politician

• Philanthropist

• Nativist

• Political Boss

John D. Rockefeller was a captain of which industry?

• Oil
• Banking
• Steel
• Automobile

In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

Big Business, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Imperialism

• The Great Depression

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

• Large monopolies

• small private business

• political machines

• labor unions

The __________ process was a less expensive way to make steel and contributed greatly to the Second Industrial Revolution.

• Edison

• Foundry

• Bessemer

• Factory

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

Click on all of the new innovations and inventions being used during The Gilded Age.

• telephones and electric lighting

• automobiles

• horse and buggy

• motion pictures (movies)

• Bessemer steel

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.
• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power.
• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.
• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultrual corporations.

Rockefeller and Vanderbilt came to control nearly everything in the railroad and oil industries. As a result, they were able to set prices high for their products and services. Control over an entire industry is known as having a ....

• integration.

• oligarchy.

• monopoly.