Guilded Age Review

Who is the person who was the robber baron of the oil industry?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

Who introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from under the earth's surface?

• Henry Bessemer

• John D. Rockefeller

• Edwin Drake

• Andrew Carnegie

Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?

• Elisha Otis

• Henry Bessemer

• Edwin Drake

• Thomas Edison

Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron to steel?

• Elisha Otis

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

• Mark Twain

Who made his fortune off of the steel industry?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Bessemer

• J.P. Morgan

Which of the following is NOT a challenge during Urbanization?

• Riots

• Fire

• Crime

• Sanitation

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the late 1800s?

• Sewing Machine

• Railroads

• Barbed Wire

• Bessemer process and elevator

Who led his troops into Little Bighorn River?

• Jon H. Chisholm

• Joseph L. Gildon

• George A. Custer

• William J. Fetterman

What is the term for former slaves who settled in the Great Plains during Reconstruction?

• Social Reformers

• New Immigrants

• Scallywags

• Exodusters

What act outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade?

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Dawes General Allotment Act