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Gilded Age

Authored by Clayton Cumiskey

History

10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

the telegraph

the Bessemer Process

the Model T

The light bulb

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

trust

union

monopoly

industry

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Laissez-Faire Economics

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vertical Integration

Economic system in which the government does not intervene in business practices

A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors

Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

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