Gilded Age

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

The title given to people like Carnegie who invested their money to start businesses, such as his steel monopoly.

• Entrepreneurs

• Nativists

• Philanthropists

• Populists

What region of the US had the greatest Urban Growth during the Gilded Age? (Late 1800s)

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

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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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A less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically.

• Industrial Revolution

• Bessemer Process

• JP Morgan

• Hull House

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices. 

• Industrial Giants
• Captains of Industry
• Robber Barons
• Union Leaders

Who was the oil tycoon who created the Standard Oil Company

• Carnegie

• Morgan

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

• flight
• oil
• railroads
• automobiles

When a company owns every step of production

• Horizontal Integration

• Vertical Integration

• Lassiez faire

• Corporation