Gilded Age

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act

The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:

• expansionism

• gilding

• mechanization

• assimilation

This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

• the telegraph

• the Bessemer Process

• the Model T

• The light bulb

The Dawes Act was about:

• ending the "spoils system" with tests for the civil service

• Making monopolies illegal

• assimilation of the American Indians

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were know as robber barons because:

• they were like nobility, but they trampled on people to get rich.

• they robbed trains to get rich.

• they made their fortune by working through the night.

The growth of cities is called:

• assimilation

• ruralization

• mechanization

• urbanization

Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• industry

During the Gilded Age, immigrants often lived in parts of cities that were:

• crowded, run down, and filthy

• beautiful and new

• spacious

• the most expensive

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act