Semester Exam

Which was NOT a major reason for American industrial growth?

• Immigration
• Innovative spirit
• New energy sources
• Low tariffs

What captain of industry began his career as an immigrant working in a textile mill?

• Andrew Carnegie
• H. J. Heinz
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?

• Telegraph
• Telephone
• Phonograph
• Typewriter

The twin pillars of the “New South” were tobacco and _____.

• oil
• shipping
• steel
• textiles

Who was the most popular realist of the Gilded Age?

• Mark Twain
• Jack London
• Stephen Crane
• Horatio Alger

What was the first major trust?

• United States Steel Corporation
• Standard Oil Company
• American Tobacco Company
• American Telephone & Telegraph

Where were most immigrants during the “New Immigration” from?

• Southern and eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Southeast Asia
• Africa

Who was the most prolific writer of gospel songs and hymns in the nineteenth century?

• P. P. Bliss
• Sam Jones
• Fanny Crosby
• Ira Sankey

Who was known as a shipping entrepreneur?

• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• James Buchanan Duke
• Thomas Alva Edison

Who was an investment banker?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Andrew Carnegie
• Samuel Gompers
• John Pierpont Morgan