Gilded Age

Who invented the lightbulb?

• Thomas Edison

• John D Rockefeller

• Boss Tweed

• Alexander G Bell

Who was the robber baron that owned Standard Oil Company?

• Thomas Edison

• John D Rockefeller

• Boss Tweed

• Alexander G Bell

Who was the most famous political boss?

• Thomas Edison

• John D Rockefeller

• Boss Tweed

• Alexander G Bell

What did Alexander G Bell invent?

• elevator

• process for making steel

• telegraph

• telephone

What was the name of William Tweed's political machine?

• New York Rulers

• Buckney Manor

• Irish Green

• Tammany Hall

What law opened up the west for settlement by giving away free land?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

What law banned tribal land and made Indians private land owners?

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Dawes Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

Which law prohibited some Asian immigrants?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Restriction Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

This law was the 1st time the government regulated a business. It forced the railroad companies to charge fair prices.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

What do you call a ruthless business person in the Gilded Age?

• tenent

• labor

• Nativist

• Robber Baron