Gilded age

The ____________ was first completed in 1869. It made it possible to travel to California and created a demand for steel tying the country together for a national market.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Interstate Highway System

• National Market

• Free Enterprise System

A(n) ___________ is a person who starts a business in the hope of making a profit.

• Monopoly

• Philanthropist

• Entrepreneur

• Robber Barron

The period between 1865-1900 is known as the ___________.

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Great Depression

• Roaring 20s

Having complete control over a supply of a product or service is known as a _________________.

• National Market

• Business

• Entrepreneur

• Monopoly

Governments who take a "hands-off" policy towards businesses is known as __________.

• laissez-faire

• imperialism

• democracy

• federalism

Who is responsible for the creation of the lightbulb. This would then make it possible for employers to extend working days.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

Samuel Gompers was the creator of the _________________. This labor union worked to create a national federation of different craft unions of skilled workers.

• American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• Transport Workers Union of America

• Knights of Labor

• Trade Union

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse drawn reapers.

• Stronger and cheaper material for railroad and bridges.

• Transistors for radios.

• Electric lightbulb.

STAAR PRACTICE QUESTION: During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for _____.

• the growth of big business.

• involvement in foreign wars.

• the acquisition of foreign territories.

• increased temperance regulations.

STAAR PRACTICE QUESTION: How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the United States?

• By promoting spiritual and moral values in public schools

• By supporting conservative ideals in federal legislation and foreign policy.

• By establishing philanthropic organizations dedicated to education and the arts.

• By creating a charitable foundation to end hunger.