Gilded Age Vocabulary Quiz

A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country is a(n)...

• immigrant

• middle class

• labor union

• corporation

The economic group between the upper and lower classes, including professional and business workers and their families is the ...

• middle class

• urban setting

• rural setting

• working class

The socioeconomic group consisting of people who are employed in manual or industrial work is the...

• working class

• middle class

• entrepreneur

• monopoly

A town or city would be considered ...

• urban

• rural

• industrialization

• urbanization

A countryside or agricultural area would be considered...

• rural

• urban

• industrialization

• urbanization

A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity is a...

• corporation

• entrepreneur

• monopoly

• union

The organizer and operator of a business; they usually take on greater financial risk to begin their company is a(n)...

• entrepreneur

• labor union

• vertical integration

• horizontal integration

The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service is a...

• monopoly

• union

• vertical integration

• horizontal integration

An association of workers in a trade or profession that is formed to protect their rights and interests is a...

• union

• monopoly

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work is a...

• strike

• union

• corporation

• progressive movement