Vocabulary: Gilded Age & Society in Transition (E.O.C. Prep)

Grassland of Central North America that extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

• Great Plains

• Interior Lowlands

• Basin & Ridge

• Central Plains

What did the Bessemer process achieve?

• It created electric power to streetcars.
• It allowed meat to be processed and refrigerated.
• It more efficiently converted iron to steel.
• It allowed planes to travel faster and farther distances. 

Which Industrial Era invention was invented by Thomas Edison and allowed factories to be open for 24 hours?

• Telephone

• Electric Lightbulb

• Interchangeable Parts

• Assembly Line

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.

• Japan and Germany

• China and Ireland

• China and Germany

• Ireland and Japan

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

A person that invests their time, money, and skills on the chance of making a profit.

• Entrepreneur

• Philanthropist

• Muckraker

• Investor

A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices

• robber baron

• philanthropist

• political boss

• muckraker

Business tycoon and philanthropist who controlled most of the steel industry.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

An American industrialist business tycoon and philanthropist who owned Standard Oil and controlled 90% of the oil industry in the late 1800s

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

An era of serious social problems hidden by a thin layer of gold. It was a time of enormous growth that attracted millions from Europe.

• Gilded Age

• Industrial Revolution

• Progressive Era

• Roaring Twenties