Gilded Age QUiz

_________linked goods and services through technology and transportation making commerce more affordable.

• National Market

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Bessemer Process

• Greyhound Bus

Process which made steel more affordable and profitable.

• Laissez-faire

• Interstate Commerce

• Bessemer

• National Market

Who made their fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil?

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

He was a Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in steel; known for the Gospel of Wealth.

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.

• Maslow

• Bessemer Process

• Free Enterprise

• Laisez-Faire

When there is complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition.

• Dictatorship

• National Market

• Opportunity Cost

• Monopoly

This a an act of "charitable giving."

• Laissez-Faire

• Beneficiary

• Philanthropy

• Frugality

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late 19th century?

• The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for local government to provide basic services

• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level

• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth

• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city

Which application of a new technology can attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

• Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

• Diesel engines were used in production of airplanes

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines

Which of the following would be a correct description of what life was like in urban areas during the Gilded Age?

• majority of the people were wealthy

• most people in urban areas lived in nice houses

• most people lived in poverty, and cities were overcrowded & dirty

• city streets were well maintained, and the unemployment rate was low