Gilded Age Quiz Review

Which of these was NOT a factor that led to growth of industry after the Civil War?

• coal
• technology, transportation, communication
• tight government controls over business
• competition among companies

The Gilded Age describes which time period of American history?

• 1870-1900

• 1500-1600

• 1861-1865

• 1900-1970

John D. Rockefeller's oil industry represents the growth of what?

• sporting events

• international power

• big business

• poverty

The growth of cities is called . . .

• rural

• technology

• immigration

• urbanization

Nativists oppose...

• Business regulation
• Immigration
• Capitalism
• Democracy

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Holding company
• Infrastructure

Which was NOT a reason for immigration to the U.S. in the 1880s (i.e. Gilded Age)?

• Lots of jobs
• Escaping persecution
• Good working conditions
• Escaping poverty

The __________ process was a less expensive way to make steel.

• Edison
• Foundry
• Bessemer
• Factory

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

• Railroads

• Telephone

• Dry farming

• Sewing machine

Many immigrants found work as-

• unskilled labor in factories

• farmers on the Great Plains

• skilled craftsmen

• Educators