WorksheetsThe Gilded Age
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
The Gilded Age started after the death of which US President?
Hayes
Lincoln
Grant
McKinley
The nickname that Vanderbilt received due to his large shipping business was what?
The Captain
The Officer
The Commodore
The Admiral
What large enterprise did Vanderbilt build and eventually dominate?
Steel
Oil
Railroads
Electricity
A move made famous by Vanderbilt where you buy stock in order to gain a majority in the company is called.
Stock Takeover
Hostile Split
Hostile Takeover
Marginal Increase
Jay Gould and Jim Fisk gain a rather large amount of money by watering down stock for which company?
Pennsylvania Line
Erie Line
Manhattan Line
Vanderbilt East
What type of material does Vanderbilt ship in order to maximize his profits?
Steel
Lumber
Iron
Oil
Which mogul makes his fortune by taking over the oil business?
Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Morgan
What product made from oil will light the country before the introduction of electricity?
Gasoline
Natural Gas
Kerosene
Propane
The backbone of the American economy at the start of the Industrial Revolution was?
Mining
Lumber
Railroads
Boats
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Enterprise
Industry Owner
Monopoly
Controlling Interest
Who is Carnegie's business partner and mentor?
Edison
Scott
Morgan
Lincoln
What material were all the rails made from until Carnegie changed the industry?
Bronze
Iron
Steel
Brass
What famous inventor revolutionizes the production of steel and speeds up the process immensely?
Pitt
Cleveland
Bessemer
Birmingham
In order to produce steel, iron must be heated to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit and then what substance is added to it?
Copper
Tin
Pig Iron
Carbon
Carnegie's massive steel bridge spans across what river?
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Tennessee
In order to prove the safety and reliability of the bridge Carnegie sends what across it?
A train full of steel
A parade led by an elephant
A wagon train of 100 carts
The longest train ever seen
Carnegie's early steel plants with Bessemer furnaces can produce how many tons of steel a day?
225
500
50
25
Carnegie realizing the railroad industry is dying determines that the steel industry needs to move into what type of steel?
Boat Steel
Structural Steel
Pipe Steel
Bullets
The world's first skyscraper is built in which city?
Manhattan
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
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?
Morgan
Edison
Tesla
Frick
The flooding of which US city is the worst domestic disaster before 9/11?
Jamestown
Johnstown
Charlestown
Pennstown
Carnegie's first performer at Carnegie Hall is what famous composer?
Tchaikovsky
Chopin
Hans Freider
Perst
Carnegie's largest steel mill ever produced was made in which city?
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Cleveland
The largest mill produced by Carnegie is called what?
Big Steel
Homestead
Heineken
Little Boy
Working conditions at the beginning of the industrial revolution were how long and how many days?
12 hrs/ 6 days
10 hrs/ 6 days
8 hrs/ 5 days
10 hrs/ 7 days
Homestead Plant ends up striking against Frick and Carnegie, how many workers barricade the plant?
1000
200
2000
500
A group of hired mercenaries that is widely used throughout the latter 19th century were known as?
Rangers
Peacekeepers
Pinkertons
Terrains
What group emerges at the end of the 19th century to attempt to stop the large corporations and businesses from taking over America?
The Patriots
The Buccaneers
The Anarchists
The Anti-Trustees
Where is Carnegie when all the problems with his plants start to erupt?
New York
Pennsylvania
Scotland
France
The Morgan Family made its fortune in what industry?
Steel
Oil
Railroads
International Banking
What type of current is Edison responsible for pioneering?
Direct Current
Swift Current
Alternating Current
Under Current
Whose home is the first in America to be lit by electricity?
Tesla
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Morgan
Which city is the first to be put on the electric grid?
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Manhattan
Boston
Which inventor is responsible for pioneering Alternating Current?
Edison
Tesla
Westinghouse
Musk
What investor initially works with Tesla to get his ideas up and running?
Morgan
Westinghouse
Carter
Gates
What large animal does Edison kill in order to demonstrate the lethality of AC?
Elephant
Giraffe
Bear
Rhino
What invention tarnishes Edison's name forever despite his attempts to ruin Tesla?
Projector
Light Bulb
Electric Chair
Buzzer
What happens to the first victim of the electric chair?
He lives and is freed
He is cooked alive
He turns into the flash
He lights up like a Christmas Tree
Where is the first major power plant placed in order to power the northeast?
Mississippi
Niagara
Ohio
Washington
What major event does Tesla light in order to help secure the Niagara deal?
The World's Fair
The Presidential Election
The Golden Gate
The First Super Bowl
How does Morgan gain the rights to AC power?
Ties them up legally
Invents his own model
Changes his DC to AC
Hires Tesla back as his inventor
When Morgan gains control of the electrical industry what does he name his massive company?
LG
General Electric
Samsung
Morgan Power
What product is made a byproduct of Kerosene that Rockefeller will make a fortune with?
Natural Gas
Gasoline
Propane
Diesel
What two products are the first to be produced with Gasoline?
synthetic beeswax
petroleum jelly
tire rubber
machine lube
The first name for the car is what?
Automobile
Horseless Carriage
Gas Powered Carriage
Self-Propelled Carriage
Which Mogul becomes one of the first military contractors?
Morgan
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Vanderbilt
What politician seeks to put an end to the monopolies and run under the progressive movement?
Bryan
Benjamin
Hurst
Hayes
How many steel workers would die during this period of time from terrible working conditions and hours?
1/5
2/9
1/11
3/10
What president is installed by the major moguls of America?
Roosevelt
Hayes
McKinley
Wilson
The battleground for the future of the nation, what election year holds this title?
1896
1900
1892
1904
What mogul ends up buying out one of the other moguls?
Morgan
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
How much does Carnegie sell the entirety of his steel company for?
310 million
480 million
410 million
190 million
What major politician is placed in as a vice president in order to keep his ideals at bay?
Taft
Roosevelt
McKinley
Wilson
Czolgosz is famous for doing what?
discovering gasoline
building the hoover dam
killing McKinley
running from the Pinkertons for 4 months
Henry Ford creates two cars to sell to the masses what Models are they?
A
B
G
T
ALAM stands for what?
Associates of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
Associated Licensed Automobile Makers
American Land Automobile Manufacturers
American Licensed Automobile Makers
The assembly line is the perfected product of what person?
Morgan
Carnegie
Ford
Rockefeller
All of these are major monopolies built by moguls except.
US Steel
General Electric
Standard Oil
Westinghouse Power
Morgan helps raise millions of dollars to produce what major project?
The Niagara Project
The Panama Canal
The International Water Way Service
The Tank
What major event was the US prepared for at the end of the industrial revolution that would set it up as THE world power?
World War 1
The Spanish-American War
The Great Depression
The Great Migration
