Gilded Age Quiz

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

Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

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

• Educated professionals

• Factory workers

• Scientists

• Lawyers

What is it called when one company owns all of the steps of operation or production?

• Horizontal Integration

• Bessemer Process

• Vertical Integration

• Supply and Demand

A monopoly is

• creating your own business

• an exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service

• living in your home state for more than ten years

• inventing a new product and naming it after you

What was the nickname given to Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, and Vanderbilt?

• Genius

• Robber Barons

• Sheriffs

• Monsters

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.

Which of the following BEST describes horizontal integration?

• The economic development of flatlands in the American west.

• A company owns all the businesses that supply it with raw goods and necessary services.

• When the government lets businesses operate without restrictions.

• A company acquires similar competing businesses and merges them into a single entity.

Which term BEST describes the United States government's policies towards Big Business during the Gilded Age?

• Regulatory

• Mercantilist

• Laissez-faire

• Progressive

The innovation of ________ helped open up the national market in the 1800s. This was a big part of making the infrastructure of the US so great.

• boats
• railroads
• automobiles 
• horse drawn carriages