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Gilded Age

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a large business called that sells portions of ownership called stocks?

a)

patent

b)

corporation

c)

monopoly

d)

trust

2.

The exclusive right to make or sell an invention is called

a)

corporation

b)

patent

c)

monopoly

d)

trust

3.

Having complete control over the entire supply of goods and services in a particular market is

a)

corporation

b)

patent

c)

monopoly

d)

trust

4.

When a business owns all of the steps of the manufacturing process

a)

Homestead

b)

Sherman Antitrust

c)

horizontal integration

d)

vertical integration

5.

When a business owns all of the other businesses in a certain field or industry

a)

Homestead

b)

Sherman Antitrust

c)

Horizontal integration

d)

Vertical integration

6.

Law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that prevent free trade

a)

Homestead

b)

Sherman Antitrust

c)

horizontal integration

d)

vertical integration

7.

Labor union strike at one of Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel factories that erupted in violence

a)

Homestead Strike

b)

Pullman Strike

c)

Haymarket Riot

d)

Gilded Age

8.

James Hargreaves is most famous for what invention?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

c)

radio

d)

telephone

9.

Eli Whitney is most famous for what invention?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

c)

radio

d)

phone

10.

Gugliemo Marconi is most famous for what invention?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

c)

radio

d)

phone

11.

Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for what invention?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

c)

radio

d)

phone

12.

What inventor is famous for creating a cheap process of making steel?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Wright Bothers

13.

What inventor is famous for creating the Model T?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Wright Brothers

14.

What inventor is famous for creating the airplane?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Wright Brothers

15.

The term that refers to the wealthy businessmen who used ruthless and exploitative tactics to make their money

a)

robber baron

b)

philanthropist

c)

entrepreneur

d)

Gilded Age

16.

A person who gives away most or all of their money is a

a)

robber baron

b)

philanthropist

c)

entrepreneur

d)

Gilded Age

17.

Which of the following people had a monopoly in the steel industry?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

18.

Which of the following people had a monopoly in the shipping industry?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

19.

Which of the following people had a monopoly in the oil industry?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

20.

Which of the following people had a monopoly in the banking industry?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt