Gilded Age & Industrialism

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for growth of big business and monopolies

• nativism

• monopolies

• laissez-faire

• communism

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a ____ because he donated money to libraries and universitites.

• Nativist

• Philanthropist

• Political Boss

• Robber Baron

Which innovation helped to open new markets in the west?

• automobile

• the railroad

• industrialization

• the Bessemer Process

Another name for a big business that controls an entire market is

• a political machine

• a cartel

• a monopoly

• a corporation

John D. Rockefeller had a monopoly of

• steel

• oil

• banking

• railroads

"Survival of the fittest" applied to business competition is called

• Social Darwinism

• Social Gospel

• Laissez-faire

• Gospel of Wealth

The Bessemer Process was a less expensive way to make

• oil

• cars

• electricity

• steel

From this image, who is in control of US lawmakers?

• large monopolies

• small businesses

• labor unions

• political machines

Why does this image depict Rockefeller so large?

• He was a political boss who tried to win government favors

• He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

• He was a government inspector looking for corruption

• He was looking to correct all pollution caused by industrialization

What does this image say about the control of Standard Oil?

• it is a monster trying to control the entire United States

• it is trying to save the government from political bosses

• it had control over many aspects of government

• it was trying to keep government on the right track