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Gilded Age Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market

a)

Trust

b)

Monopoly

c)

Calavary

d)

Corruption

2.

A group of workers from the same industry or company.

a)

Calvary

b)

Corruption

c)

Labor Union

d)

Trust

3.

Select the names of the industrial capitalists of the Gilded Age.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John D. Rockefeller

e)

J.P Morgan

4.

Select the names of three famous inventors from the Gilded Age.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Elon Musk

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

e)

Thomas Edison

5.

How were individual companies able to become so powerful in the Gilded Age? (Choose 2)

a)

Labor unions were created to help protect workers.

b)

Monopolies and trusts gave industry leaders more control.

c)

Arbitration made a lot of industry leaders wealthy.

d)

Advancements in advertising and transportation helped create national markets.

e)

Specialization left owners with more time to invest in other businesses.

6.

What conditions led to the development of labor unions? (Choose 2)

a)

arbitration

b)

low wages and long hours

c)

strikes

d)

unsafe working conditions

e)

collective bargaining

7.

How was the Gilded Age a time of economic disparity?

a)

Most people became very wealthy, but a few people were very poor.

b)

A few people became very wealthy, but most people were very poor.

c)

Almost everyone gained wealth and was able to buy new goods such as cars and TVs.

d)

Wealth was redistributed so everyone had approximately the same amount of money to spend.

8.

If their preferred method to improve working conditions failed, labor unions would sometimes use __________ , which occasionally led to violence.

a)

collective bargaining

b)

strikes

c)

laissez faire policies

9.

George Washington Carver invented __________ that can be produced from peanuts and sweet potatoes.

a)

2 products

b)

approximately 100 products

c)

more than 300 products

10.

Explain the importance that inventors have on today’s American society. What inventions today impact your life the most?

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