Gilded Age Review, CFA 1

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

• America had many organizations for immigrants to join.

• America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

• It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.

The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:

• Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.

• Americans who moved west from large cities in the east.

• Indians

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

• the telegraph

• the Bessemer Process

• the Model T

• The light bulb

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the U.S. found work as ?

• Educated professionals

• Factory workers

• Scientists

• Lawyers

Process to make lighter, stronger steel:

• Benteler Process

• Bessemer Process

• Bestemer Process

• Carnegie Process

Andrew Carnegie

• Steel

• Banking

• Electricity

• Railroads

• Oil

This prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• National Market

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

• Clayton Anti-trust Act

The rapid growth of major cities in the United States is called what?

• Rural

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Homestead

Wrote the Gospel of Wealth and gave money to build libraries

• Carnegie

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

• Morgan

Laissez Faire Translates to......

• High Tariffs

• Hands Off

• Low Tariffs

• Hands On