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The Gilded Age Review
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A review of the Gilded Age in American History.
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1
What is the term for a cheap, terrible apartment in a big city?
Condo
Dorm
Tenement
Caravan
2
What made construction on the transcontinental railroad difficult?
Railroad companies ran out of money
Hazardous conditions through the mountains
Competition between railroad companies
Not enough workers
3
Who became the richest man in the world due to his oil company's success?
Michelangelo
Rockefeller
Ford
Carnegie
4
Which of these terms BEST fits with the statement "survival of the fittest" ?
Nativism
Melting Pot
Isolationism
Darwinism
5
Which invention allowed for the building of skyscrapers?
Barbed Wire
Railroads
Sewing Machine
Bessemer Process
6
On which island were immigrants from Asia processed?
Cuba
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Hawaii
7
A person who gives away all of his/her money is called?
Robber Baron
Entrepreneur
Boss
Philanthropist
8
Which statement is true about the Gilded Age?
Poor people lived in luxury compared to today's poor
There was a major difference between the rich and poor
The middle class ruled society
Many people were wealthy
9
His mass-produced Model T was the first affordable automobile.
Olds
Ford
Pontiac
Durant
10
Who invented the first functioning airplane?
Pontormo
The Bobbsey Twins
The Wright Brothers
Alexander Graham Bell
11
On which island were immigrants from Europe processed?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Mackinac Island
Beaver Island
12
What is it called when one company dominates an industry?
Oligopoly
Vollyboppoly
Monopoly
Economy
13
A person who starts his/her own business is called?
Boss
Robber Baron
Entrepreneur
Philanthropist
14
Who was so rich that he bailed out the U.S. government?
Trump
JP Morgan
John Paul II
Teddy Roosevelt
15
Which is not a characteristic of capitalism?
Competition
Government controlled economy
Free Market Trade
Privately owned businesses
16
Which person might say "America for Americans?"
Nativist
The Queen of England
New Immigrant
Old Immigrant
17
The ________ Exclusion Act banned all immigrants from there.
Chinese
Irish
Japanese
Russian
18
The _______ Act of 1862 gave out free land in the west.
Homely
Homemaker
Homer
Homestead
19
Which career had fewer and fewer people as time progressed?
Computer Scientists
Doctors
Factory Workers
Farmers
20
Which word describes a city?
Suburban
Rural
Urban
