Gilded Age to Progressive Era

This invention was the first major improvement in the communications industry

• telephone

• pager

• telegraph

• social media

A person who became rich through ruthless and/or unscrupulous business practices, originally in reference to prominent US businessmen of the late 19th century

• captain of industry

• philanthropist

• robber baron

• entrepeneur

A business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way

• robber baron

• entrepeneur

• progressive

• captain of industry

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." is an example of how Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" was written from the perspective of__________.

• wealthy business owners

• the Statue of Liberty

• the Empire State building

• The robber barons

Who was the "mother of exiles" welcoming to the US?

• only the rich

• only the well-connected

• only the poor

• anyone

What was the name of the period after the Civil War when everything looked great on the surface, but was rotten and corrupt under the surface?

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Suffrage

• Spoils

The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs after winning an elected office

• Progressive

• Suffrage

• Spoils system

• Monopoly

This inventor improved the light bulb and motion picture camera and started the first electric power plant

• Thomas Edison

• John D. Rockefeller

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Boss Tweed

A person who wants to see change and reform that benefits the greatest number of people

• Philanthropist

• Captain of industry

• Progressive

• Advocate for suffrage

What two inventions allowed cities to grow up toward the sky?

• iron and elevators

• public transportation and elevators

• steel and elevators

• steel and spinning jenny