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Gilded Age Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the invention that revolutionized the Steel Industry.

(a)  

2.

What famous article did Andrew Carnegie write?

a)

The Gospel of The Gilded Age

b)

The Gilded Age; a Tale of Today

c)

Wealth of Nations

d)

The Gospel of Wealth

3.

Define the Gilded Age.

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4.

Which is not an example of Philanthropy?

a)

The Empire State Building

b)

Rockefeller Center

c)

Carnegie Hall

d)

they all are examples

5.

the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. This is the definition of:

(a)  

6.

Which is not a cause of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

immigration, influx of laborers

b)

natural resources such as iron ore and oil, coal

c)

transportation improvements that meant that firms could distribute their products to regional or national markets.

d)

a move from the cities to the rural areas of the country

7.

A business owner who cuts wages in a depression

a)

Robber Baron

b)

Captain of Industry

8.

A business owner who buys out all the little businesses and creates a monopoly

a)

robber baron

b)

captain of industry

9.

The industrialist who donates a library to the city for the people to use.

a)

robber baron

b)

captain of industry

10.

The philosophy that allows the rich to ignore the poor, survival of the fittest.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

social darwinism

11.

Define Laissez Faire .

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12.

Who was the originator of Social Darwinism?

(a)  

13.

Who wrote, "Wealth of Nations", the book about Capitalism and laissez faire?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

J D Rockefeller

d)

none of these

14.

What did Christopher Latham Sholes invent?

a)

electricity

b)

linotype

c)

typewriter

d)

none of these

15.

Which did Thomas Edison NOT invent?

a)

phonograph

b)

a working lightbulb

c)

Bessemer Steel

d)

talking doll that scares the heck out of any kid...lol

16.

Define: Patent

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17.

What was one specific cause of the Industrial Revolution?

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18.

Who coined the term, "Gilded Age"?

(a)  

19.

Give one CAUSE and one RESULT of the Gilded Age.

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20.

What role did the TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD play in the Gilded Age?

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