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Gilded Age Review Innovators and Robber Barons

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This wealthy industrialist controlled steel production in the U.S:

a)

John Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

2.

This method of producing steel made production cheaper and more efficient.

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Blast Furnace

d)

Vertical Integration

3.

Which two were ways the Railroads aided industrialization?

a)

Provided cheap and efficient shipping.

b)

Improved communication networks.

c)

Was plagued by corruption.

4.

This man struck oil in Ohio in 1859, first to use a steam drill.

a)

Edwin Drake

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

John Gould

5.

When an entire industry is controlled by a single company.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

c)

Monopolization

6.

He invented the light bulb and helped "electrify America."

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Thomas Edison

7.

Which image is an example of vertical integration?

a)
b)
8.

This industrialist dominated the oil industry in america.

a)

JP Morgan

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

9.

Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Regulatory Restraint

d)

Socialism

10.

Because of worker abuse and political corruption wealthy businessmen were often called:

a)

Captains of industry

b)

Visionaries

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Muckrakers

11.

Federal law forbidding monopolies.

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

Civil Service Act

c)

Interstate Commerce Act

12.

Industrialist who dominated U.S banking, also merged companies to create General Electric.

a)

John Rockefeller

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Edwin Drake

13.

Theory that applied the concept of natural selection to human society to justify the imbalance of wealth.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

American Dream

14.

Andrew Carnegie's idea that the wealthy had a moral obligation to improve society for everyone.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

American Dream

15.

Which image is an example of horizontal integration?

a)
b)
16.

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Imperial America

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Gilded Age