The Gilded age

Exclusive control of a product or service in a market

• Trust

• Monopoly

• Calavary

• Corruption

Select the industrial capitalists of the Gilded Age.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P Morgan

What is the Gilded Age?

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires were major industries in America.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal were major industries in America.

• An era when gold, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires were major industries in Europe.

• An era when railroads, oil, steel, and coal were major industries in Europe.

What is Andrew Carnegie known for?

• Oil

• Steel

• Automobiles

• Railroads

What is a monopoly?

• A company with no competition

• A game that takes a long time to play

• A company that goes out of business

• A company that lays off workers

complete control of a product or service; elimination of competition

• Robber Barons

• Bessemer Process

• Monopoly

• Philanthropy

Who was a major oil industry leader in the Gilded Age?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

Which term describes wealthy industrialists accused of exploiting workers and corrupting government?

• Progressives

• Robber Barons

• Populists

• Philanthropists

Which terms best describe the Gilded Age?

• Flappers and Prohibition

• Industry and Corruption

• Suffrage and Prohibition

• Immigration and War

Time in America known for opportunity but also corruption and inequality

• Glittering Age

• Industrial Age

• Gilded Age

• Corporate Age