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Which one is NOT a captain of Industry during the Gilded Age?
What is a trust?
US History Civil War Era & Start of Gilded Age
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What is a trust?
Financial banking
Economic reform
Security in banking
corporations cooperating in order to reduce competition
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Which one is NOT a captain of Industry during the Gilded Age?
Ulysses S. Grant
John D. Rockefellar
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
3
What is John D. Rockefellar known for?
Being a Railroad tycoon
Being a Banking tycoon
Being a Steel tycoon
Being an oil tycoon
4
How did Large Corporations change Americans' daily lives?
People had more jobs
People were more united
People had more farms
People moved to cities
5
What is William "Boss" Tweed known for?
corruption in economics
corruption in banking
corruption in politics
corruption in corporations
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What is Andrew Carnegie known for?
Being an Oil tycoon
Being a Railroad tycoon
Being a Steel tycoon
Being a Banking tycoon
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What percent of light bulbs were produced by General Electric in 1914?
80%
85%
75%
90%
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What is JP Morgan known for?
Being an Oil tycoon
Being a Banking tycoon
Being a Railroad tycoon
Being a Steel tycoon
9
What played a major role in transforming factory work and production scale?
Acquiring natural resources
Creating new technology
Building factories
Increased workforce
10
Who is accredited for inventing the light bulb?
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Edison
Nikolai Tesla
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What provided the frame work for the American economy?
Industrial Revolution
Congressional laws
Modern coporations
laissez faire economics
12
What was the main source of transporting goods in the US during the Gilded Age?
railroads
steamboat
automobile
airplane
13
True or False: "The Reconstruction Era changed the United States for the better."
True
False
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What is the name of the period after the American Civil War?
Industrial
Gilded
Modern
Reconstruction
15
What is Cornelius Vanderbilt known for?
Being a Banking tycoon
Being a Steel tycoon
Being an Oil tycoon
Being a Railroad tycoon
16
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Hinkley
Charles J. Guiteau
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
17
What invention transformed electricity into industrial energy?
Light bulb
Direct Current
Alternating Current
Electric generator
18
How much of the American workforce was in factories by the 20th century?
1/3
1/4
1/2
1/5
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What are the characteristics of the Gilded Age?
renaissance of art
American imperialism
laissez faire economy
worship of wealth
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What is an issue that comes out of the Gilded Age?
The Cold War
Child Labor
Slavery
Laissez Faire Economics