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The Gilded Age

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Gilded Age started after the death of which US President?

a)

Hayes

b)

Lincoln

c)

Grant

d)

McKinley

2.

The nickname that Vanderbilt received due to his large shipping business was what?

a)

The Captain

b)

The Officer

c)

The Commodore

d)

The Admiral

3.

What large enterprise did Vanderbilt build and eventually dominate?

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Railroads

d)

Electricity

4.

A move made famous by Vanderbilt where you buy stock in order to gain a majority in the company is called.

a)

Stock Takeover

b)

Hostile Split

c)

Hostile Takeover

d)

Marginal Increase

5.

Jay Gould and Jim Fisk gain a rather large amount of money by watering down stock for which company?

a)

Pennsylvania Line

b)

Erie Line

c)

Manhattan Line

d)

Vanderbilt East

6.

What type of material does Vanderbilt ship in order to maximize his profits?

a)

Steel

b)

Lumber

c)

Iron

d)

Oil

7.

Which mogul makes his fortune by taking over the oil business?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Morgan

8.

What product made from oil will light the country before the introduction of electricity?

a)

Gasoline

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Kerosene

d)

Propane

9.

The backbone of the American economy at the start of the Industrial Revolution was?

a)

Mining

b)

Lumber

c)

Railroads

d)

Boats

10.

The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

a)

Enterprise

b)

Industry Owner

c)

Monopoly

d)

Controlling Interest

11.

Who is Carnegie's business partner and mentor?

a)

Edison

b)

Scott

c)

Morgan

d)

Lincoln

12.

What material were all the rails made from until Carnegie changed the industry?

a)

Bronze

b)

Iron

c)

Steel

d)

Brass

13.

What famous inventor revolutionizes the production of steel and speeds up the process immensely?

a)

Pitt

b)

Cleveland

c)

Bessemer

d)

Birmingham

14.

In order to produce steel, iron must be heated to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit and then what substance is added to it?

a)

Copper

b)

Tin

c)

Pig Iron

d)

Carbon

15.

Carnegie's massive steel bridge spans across what river?

a)

Missouri

b)

Ohio

c)

Mississippi

d)

Tennessee

16.

In order to prove the safety and reliability of the bridge Carnegie sends what across it?

a)

A train full of steel

b)

A parade led by an elephant

c)

A wagon train of 100 carts

d)

The longest train ever seen

17.

Carnegie's early steel plants with Bessemer furnaces can produce how many tons of steel a day?

a)

225

b)

500

c)

50

d)

25

18.

Carnegie realizing the railroad industry is dying determines that the steel industry needs to move into what type of steel?

a)

Boat Steel

b)

Structural Steel

c)

Pipe Steel

d)

Bullets

19.

The world's first skyscraper is built in which city?

a)

Manhattan

b)

Chicago

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Cleveland

20.

Realizing that he could not make some of the business decisions as the other moguls of the time Carnegie decides to hire what man as a business partner?

a)

Morgan

b)

Edison

c)

Tesla

d)

Frick

21.

The flooding of which US city is the worst domestic disaster before 9/11?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Johnstown

c)

Charlestown

d)

Pennstown

22.

Carnegie's first performer at Carnegie Hall is what famous composer?

a)

Tchaikovsky

b)

Chopin

c)

Hans Freider

d)

Perst

23.

Carnegie's largest steel mill ever produced was made in which city?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

Birmingham

d)

Cleveland

24.

The largest mill produced by Carnegie is called what?

a)

Big Steel

b)

Homestead

c)

Heineken

d)

Little Boy

25.

Working conditions at the beginning of the industrial revolution were how long and how many days?

a)

12 hrs/ 6 days

b)

10 hrs/ 6 days

c)

8 hrs/ 5 days

d)

10 hrs/ 7 days

26.

Homestead Plant ends up striking against Frick and Carnegie, how many workers barricade the plant?

a)

1000

b)

200

c)

2000

d)

500

27.

A group of hired mercenaries that is widely used throughout the latter 19th century were known as?

a)

Rangers

b)

Peacekeepers

c)

Pinkertons

d)

Terrains

28.

What group emerges at the end of the 19th century to attempt to stop the large corporations and businesses from taking over America?

a)

The Patriots

b)

The Buccaneers

c)

The Anarchists

d)

The Anti-Trustees

29.

Where is Carnegie when all the problems with his plants start to erupt?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Scotland

d)

France

30.

The Morgan Family made its fortune in what industry?

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Railroads

d)

International Banking

31.

What type of current is Edison responsible for pioneering?

a)

Direct Current

b)

Swift Current

c)

Alternating Current

d)

Under Current

32.

Whose home is the first in America to be lit by electricity?

a)

Tesla

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Morgan

33.

Which city is the first to be put on the electric grid?

a)

Pittsburgh

b)

Cleveland

c)

Manhattan

d)

Boston

34.

Which inventor is responsible for pioneering Alternating Current?

a)

Edison

b)

Tesla

c)

Westinghouse

d)

Musk

35.

What investor initially works with Tesla to get his ideas up and running?

a)

Morgan

b)

Westinghouse

c)

Carter

d)

Gates

36.

What large animal does Edison kill in order to demonstrate the lethality of AC?

a)

Elephant

b)

Giraffe

c)

Bear

d)

Rhino

37.

What invention tarnishes Edison's name forever despite his attempts to ruin Tesla?

a)

Projector

b)

Light Bulb

c)

Electric Chair

d)

Buzzer

38.

What happens to the first victim of the electric chair?

a)

He lives and is freed

b)

He is cooked alive

c)

He turns into the flash

d)

He lights up like a Christmas Tree

39.

Where is the first major power plant placed in order to power the northeast?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Niagara

c)

Ohio

d)

Washington

40.

What major event does Tesla light in order to help secure the Niagara deal?

a)

The World's Fair

b)

The Presidential Election

c)

The Golden Gate

d)

The First Super Bowl

41.

How does Morgan gain the rights to AC power?

a)

Ties them up legally

b)

Invents his own model

c)

Changes his DC to AC

d)

Hires Tesla back as his inventor

42.

When Morgan gains control of the electrical industry what does he name his massive company?

a)

LG

b)

General Electric

c)

Samsung

d)

Morgan Power

43.

What product is made a byproduct of Kerosene that Rockefeller will make a fortune with?

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Gasoline

c)

Propane

d)

Diesel

44.

What two products are the first to be produced with Gasoline?

a)

synthetic beeswax

b)

petroleum jelly

c)

tire rubber

d)

machine lube

45.

The first name for the car is what?

a)

Automobile

b)

Horseless Carriage

c)

Gas Powered Carriage

d)

Self-Propelled Carriage

46.

Which Mogul becomes one of the first military contractors?

a)

Morgan

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Carnegie

d)

Vanderbilt

47.

What politician seeks to put an end to the monopolies and run under the progressive movement?

a)

Bryan

b)

Benjamin

c)

Hurst

d)

Hayes

48.

How many steel workers would die during this period of time from terrible working conditions and hours?

a)

1/5

b)

2/9

c)

1/11

d)

3/10

49.

What president is installed by the major moguls of America?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Hayes

c)

McKinley

d)

Wilson

50.

The battleground for the future of the nation, what election year holds this title?

a)

1896

b)

1900

c)

1892

d)

1904

51.

What mogul ends up buying out one of the other moguls?

a)

Morgan

b)

Carnegie

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Vanderbilt

52.

How much does Carnegie sell the entirety of his steel company for?

a)

310 million

b)

480 million

c)

410 million

d)

190 million

53.

What major politician is placed in as a vice president in order to keep his ideals at bay?

a)

Taft

b)

Roosevelt

c)

McKinley

d)

Wilson

54.

Czolgosz is famous for doing what?

a)

discovering gasoline

b)

building the hoover dam

c)

killing McKinley

d)

running from the Pinkertons for 4 months

55.

Henry Ford creates two cars to sell to the masses what Models are they?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

G

d)

T

56.

ALAM stands for what?

a)

Associates of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers

b)

Associated Licensed Automobile Makers

c)

American Land Automobile Manufacturers

d)

American Licensed Automobile Makers

57.

The assembly line is the perfected product of what person?

a)

Morgan

b)

Carnegie

c)

Ford

d)

Rockefeller

58.

All of these are major monopolies built by moguls except.

a)

US Steel

b)

General Electric

c)

Standard Oil

d)

Westinghouse Power

59.

Morgan helps raise millions of dollars to produce what major project?

a)

The Niagara Project

b)

The Panama Canal

c)

The International Water Way Service

d)

The Tank

60.

What major event was the US prepared for at the end of the industrial revolution that would set it up as THE world power?

a)

World War 1

b)

The Spanish-American War

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Great Migration