WorksheetsGilded Age
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following terms means a single company that controls the price of a product since it is the only seller of a particular product?
conglomerate
monopoly
trust
integration
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States. (Masked in gold)
World War I
Progressive Era
Gilded age
Roaring Twenties
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration from a particular Asian country for 10 years
Nativist Act
Mexican Reparition Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
As the emergence & increase in railroad production/use during the late 1800s; describe which other industries benefited from railroad use:
steel & oil
oil & timber
oil, steel, & timber
none of the above
As immigration increased during the late 1800's to early 1900's, Ellis Island & Angel Island became major ports of entry from which two continents?
North America & Europe
South America & Asia
Europe & Russia
Asia & Europe
This man's company, Standard Oil Company, controlled a monopoly on the oil industry by controlling 90% of the oil refiners in the US:
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
This individuals invention of the light bulb allowed for factories to now operate of a 24hr work day schedule:
Thomas Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrews Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The last major conflict between the US government and the Native Americans. It resulted in the massacring of over 300 Sioux men, women and children by the US Army:
Battle of Little Big Horn
Pearl Harbor
The Great Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
This steel magnet created the Carnegie Steel Company that produced and distributed steel all across the US during the Gilded Age:
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
This law passed by President Abraham Lincoln gave western settlers 160 acres & $10 to move west. However, the settlers must live on the land for a minimum of 5 years:
Homestead Act
Stamp Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
