Gilded Age

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?

• Rural areas to Urban areas

• Urban areas to Rural areas

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

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

Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?

• Andrew Carnegie
• JP Morgan
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

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

• Person

• Philanthropist

• Nativist

• Political Boss

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Holding company
• Infrastructure

The __________ process was a less expensive way to make steel.

• Edison
• Foundry
• Bessemer
• Factory

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

Cities populations grew in the West, expand in communication and commerce, and growth in settlers are due to-

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Klondike Gold Rush

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Telegraph