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Gilded Age
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1
George Washington Carver made advancements in agriculture with research in ____________.
tobacco and cotton
peanuts and corn
peanuts and sweet potatoes
sweet potatoes and green peas
2
Too many workers and too few jobs led to
a job surplus
high wages
low wages
improved benefits
3
New inventions did NOT contribute to _________.
more industry
more inventions
more jobs
more immigrants
4
Bonus: What does the Gilded Age mean?
fools gold
Beautiful gold to cover the rottenness
beautiful
uncomfortable reforms
5
Leaders in business and industry during the Gilded Age were called _________.
Strike breakers
immigrants
Industrial capitalist
6
A __________ is when one business is allowed to run several businesses as one.
Advertising
Trust
Monopoly
Economic Disparity
7
The country's leading banker was ________.
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. P. Morgan
8
Henry Ford invented the first car.
True
False
9
Which is
NOT
a reason that businesses grew during the Gilded Age?
More adverstising
Lack of competition
Improved transportation
There was no more farming in America and people had to have jobs
10
An unequal distribution of money across groups or populations within a country is called _______.
Trust
A depression
Economic disparity
Monopoly
11
_____________ was a Scottish immigrant that created the world's largest steel company.
John Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
12
One company eliminating its competition is called ____________.
Monopoly
Trouble
Jenga
Yahtzee
13
_______________ became rich because of his oil business.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
14
Which was not an invention of Thomas Edison?
indoor plumbing
the lightbulb
moving picture camera
the phonograph
15
Workers each doing a job to finish a product is a(n) ______.
job share
factory
smart
assembly line
16
_________ was the first to transmit human voices over wires.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
George Washington Carver
17
______________ had a large railroad and shipping industry.
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. P. Morgan
18
The time when business owners got richer and laborers were paid unfair wages was _______.
Reconstruction
the Great Depression
the Gilded Age
the Progressive Era
19
Literature that encourages people to buy a product is _________.
Monopoly
Trust
Advertising
Assembly Line