
Gilded Age Quiz
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8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for newly wealthy people spending money just to show off during the Gilded Age?
Urbanization
Nouveau Riche
Middle Class
Tenements
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Grover Cleveland known for?
Standard Oil Company
US President who was anti-corruption
Built a steel mill empire
Railroad monopoly
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which industries were led by the robber barons Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan?
Technology, Agriculture, Retail, Education
Oil, Railroads, Steel, Banking
Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Food, Entertainment
Automobiles, Electronics, Fashion, Media
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were robber barons accused of doing?
Fair business practices and supporting small businesses
Unfair business practices, abusing labor, and being greedy
Promoting environmental sustainability
Supporting government regulations
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is vertical integration?
Company buys out suppliers to reduce costs
Company merges with competitors
Company sells off its assets
Company focuses on a single product line
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the government try to regulate big business?
By lowering taxes for large corporations
By passing the Interstate Commerce Act and Sherman Antitrust Act
By providing subsidies to monopolies
By encouraging mergers and acquisitions
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did new immigrants to the United States differ from old ones?
New immigrants were from northern Europe
Old immigrants did not speak English
New immigrants were from southern/eastern Europe, China, and Mexico
Old immigrants were mostly from Asia
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