Gilded Age and Progressive Era

What is the Gilded Age?

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires became dominant industries that shaped modern America.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal became dominant industries that shaped modern America.

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires became dominant industries that shaped modern Europe.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal became dominant industries that shaped modern Europe.

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• Telephone

• Light bulb

• Moving assembly line

• Uses for peanuts

What is the American Federation of Labor?

• Organization of workers that tried to improve pay and working conditions for its members.

• Organization of workers that tried to improve pay but lower working conditions for its members.

• Organization of workers that tried to lower pay and working conditions for its members.

• Organization of workers that tried to decrease pay but increase working conditions for its members.

What did Thomas Edison invent?

• Uses for peanuts

• Telephone

• Light bulb

• Moving assembly line

How did Cornelius Vanderbilt build his wealth?

• Automobile Industry

• Railroad and Shipping Industry

• Oil Industry

• Steel Industry

What is Andrew Carnegie known for?

• Oil Company

• Steel Company

• Automobile Company

• Railroad Company

What company did John D. Rockefeller start that made him an industrial capitalist?

• Premium Oil

• Rockefeller Oil

• American Oil

• Standard Oil

What is a monopoly?

• A company that has no competition

• A game that takes a long time to play

• A company that goes out of business

• A company that lays off workers

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?

• Goods were transported across country
• Travel across the country was possible
• Populations in the west increased
• Railroad reduced the size of the US