WorksheetsThe Gilded Age
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does the term 'gilded' mean?
made of gold
covered in a thin coat of gold
poor
made of steel
What years are called the Gilded Age?
1865-1898
1825-1832
1800-1900
1725-1798
Which event ended the Gilded Age?
Spanish- American War
Civil War
World War 1
Mexican American War
Who termed this time period the Gilded Age?
Thomas Jefferson
J D Rockefeller
Mark Twain
the writers
Which of the following was NOT a major businessman of the times?
Andrew Carnegie
Kary Grant
J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Who was best known for being in STEEL?
J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Jefferon
Who was Jacob Riis?
banker
millionaire
oil businessman
photographer
Which was considered the most important technology of the time period?
oil
steel
trains
banking
What was "How the Other Half Lives"?
a book of photographs showing how the poor lived
a book that spoke of the horrors of living in the cities
a television show that was about women
an article showing the differences between the North and the South
Which of the following is an example of tenement?
During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.
cities
farms
Mark Twain labeled the late 1800's the "Gilded Age" to describe the ?
end of the practice of slavery
extremes between wealth and poverty
absence of international conflict
achievements in the labor movement
Which of the following was NOT an important invention of the Gilded Age?
telephone
Internet
electricity
automobile
