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Guilded Age and Spanish American War Review
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True or False: The USS Maine is known to have been sunk by the Spanish.
True
False
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True or False: Robber Barons weren't all bad, and many of them did do a lot of good with their money.
True
False
3
The Guilded Age was the American part of what global movement?
The Renaissance
The Nuclear Age
The Industrial Revolution
The Medieval age
4
What is it called when a single business controls an entire industry?
Monopoly
Industrialization
Muckraker
Union
5
Which of these islands does the United States still control as a result of the Spanish American War?
Guam
Phillipines
Puerto Rico
Cuba
6
This tiny island in the pacific was one of the USA's prizes after the Spanish American War.
Puerto Rico
Guam
Phillipines
Cuba
7
JP Morgan was known for:
Iron
Oil
Steel
Finance/Banking
8
True or False: John Rockefeller was able to become the richest person in history.
False
True
9
Which of these best describes "Yellow Journalism"
newspapers outright lying.
Newspapers printing on yellow paper.
Newspapers reporting the good ole yellow truth.
Newspapers exaggerating and sensationalizing stories to sell more.
10
True or False: President William McKinley would serve two full terms as President and then leave office.
False
True
11
True or False: The Robber Barons were able to get their wealth almost entirely honestly.
True
False
12
True or False: The term
Robber Baron
refers to small time crooks that hid out in castles.
False
True
13
Andrew Carnegie was known for:
Iron
Steel
Finance
Oil
14
This famous battle involved Teddy Roosevelts Rough Riders and the famous African-American Buffalo soldiers.
Battle of San Juan Hill
Battle of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of John Cena
15
John D Rockefeller is most associated with
Steel
Vertical integration
Electricity
Oil
16
What was the Treaty that ended the Spanish American War?
Treaty of Washington
Treaty of Cuba
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of San Juan
17
Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for:
Oil
Finance/Banking
Railroads
Steel
18
Who was President during the Spanish American war and was "bought" by the powerful Robber Barons?
John Cena
William McKinley
Zachary Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt
19
What was the name of the famous volunteer military force put together by Tedd Roosevelt?
Bad Boys
Rough Riders
Green Berets
Buffalo Soldiers
20
The gilded age gets its name from what process?
building skyscrapers
Covering an object in gold.
inventing new machines
a war
21
What was the goal of a Monopoly?
To build cool houses.
To buy good as cheaply as possible.
To control the political process and "buy" a President
To raise prices and sell your goods for whatver price you want.
22
What was the main country that the Spanish-American war was fought over?
Cuba
Guam
Puerto Rico
Phillipines
23
Why is the De Lome letter important?
It convinced the Americans to join the war.
It was a fairly unimportant letter that was exaggerated in the press.
The Cubans faked it to convince the americans to not join the war.
It was a secret spy letter that gave away valuable secrets of the USA.
24
What concept mostly explains the importance of the Guilded Age?
People losing all their money.
New political systems being made.
Global wars that killed millions of people.
New technologies being made.
25
True or False: The first battle of the Spanish American War was in the Phillipines
False
True
26
True or False: Cuba was freed at the end of the Spanish American War
False
True
27
True or False: The Spanish had done nothing wrong in Cuba, but the american press said that they did, starting the war.
False
True
28
True or False: The Phillipines were freed after the end of the Spanish American War.
True
False
