Semester Exam Review #1

The Gilded Age describes which time period of American history?

• 1870-1900

• 1500-1600

• 1861-1865

• 1900-1970

John D. Rockefeller's oil industry represents the growth of what?

• sporting events

• international power

• big business

• poverty

Women gained some opportunities, but they still could NOT

• vote

• attend college

• go to school

• work outside of the home

Which of the following was NOT an important invention of the Gilded Age?

• telephone

• Internet

• electricity

• automobile

This technology allowed for people to travel from the east coast to the west coast . . .

• electricity

• railroads

• horse and carriage

• cotton gin

Workers began to speak out for their rights and some joined ______________.

• Labor Unions

• Philanthropic Organizations

• Farming Unions

• Political Clubs

Most people used ________ lamps to light their homes, so oil refining was a great opportunity.

• Kerosene

• Electric

• Iron

• Solar

Owned the largest steel company in the United States

(~ 1900)

• Collis Huntington

• J. P. Morgan

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Carnegie

Which region had thin, rocky soil, making farming difficult?

• Southern

• New England

• Middle

• None of the above

What did the Great Awakening represent?

• New ideas about freedom

• Scientific equations

• Renewed belief in civic virtue

• A religious revival