Gilded Age Review

The _______ brothers invented the first functioning airplane in 1903.

• Wright

• Kennedy

• Booth

• Grimm

Which act was signed by President Arthur and prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers?

• Chinese Embargo Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Chinese Exclusion Act

Who was America's most famous inventor that is usually credited with the development of the light bulb?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

Who became one of the richest men in America by controlling the railroads and shipping industries?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• J.P Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

• Sacramento California

• San Francisco, California

• Promontory Point in Utah

• Omaha, Nebraska

Who invented the telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

Who became the richest man in the world through his company Standard Oil?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What was the name for cheap, unsafe apartment building in US cities normally homes to massive immigrant populations?

• Ghettos

• Tainment houses

• Section 8 housing

• Tenement houses

What was the term coined in the end of the 1800s used to describe the blending of cultures in America?

• Nativism

• mixing bowl

• melting pot

What was the name of the Scottish immigrant who founded the US Steel Company and was wilding known for his philanthropy?

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt