Gilded Age Video Quiz

Who co-authored the book "The Gilded Age"?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Mark Twain

• Hiram Revels

In 1873, Mark Twain co-authored a book called “The Gilded Age.” It poked fun at America’s increasing obsession with getting __ quick.

• rich

• famous

• powerful

• educated

Historians adapted the phrase "The Gilded Age" to describe the period between 1870-1900, when growing ______ and prosperity thinly disguised the corruption of politicians and businessmen.

• equality

• wealth

• democracy

• unemployment

In 1883, ________________ bought the Homestead Mills in western Pennsylvania.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Thomas Edison

Large-scale ________ grew by raising the money to purchase the huge machines and by utilizing the railroads to tap into new, larger markets.

• agriculture

• manufacturing

• mining

• trade

But much of the “American Dream” was denied to the immigrants, most of whom lived in poverty in the cities’ __.

• suburbs

• ghettos

• rural areas

• mansions

By the late 1890s, African Americans were stripped of most of the __ that were promised them after the Civil War.

• jobs

• rights

• wealth

• education

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. The ruling stated that __ but equal facilities and accommodations were legal under the Constitution.

• separate

• integrated

• public

• affordable

Corruption ran rampant in the Gilded Age and extended to the highest levels of _______.

• business

• politics

• education

• society

The Gilded Age started in and ended in .

• 1901, 1914

• 1865, 1877

• 1870, 1900

• 1890, 1915