Gilded Age Quiz Review

Question 1

At the start of their careers, Rockefeller and Carnegie were known as ____-Ruthless Businessmen

Accepted Answer

Robber Barons

Question 2

When Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter in 1867, it created jobs for__

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 3

During the late 1800s, trusts were used by big business in an effort to:

Accepted Answer

Limit competition

Question 4

In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the

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Segregation of public facilities

Question 5

Separate but equal established by the Supreme Court in the case Plessy v. Ferguson was used to:

Accepted Answer

Justify racial segregation of public facilities

Question 6

Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. How did this invention change the clothing business?

Accepted Answer

Clothing prices dropped significantly

Question 7

In the 1850s, Henry Bessemer invented a cheaper way to produce ___

Accepted Answer

Steel

Question 8

Those that don't adapt, die off is a concept known as:

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 9

He was a civil rights leader who believed that blacks could achieve equality thru active means

Accepted Answer

WEB DuBois

Question 10

Electric power grew during the 1800s. The inventor __came up with new ways to use electricity.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 11

Which term best describes US economic policy during the era of big business (1865-1900)?

Accepted Answer

Laissez-faire capitalism

Question 12

During the good times called ___—business grows.In the bad times called Busts-business shrinks.

Accepted Answer

Boom

Question 13

Supporters of laissez-faire capitalism claimed that government regulation of business would be:

Accepted Answer

Harmful to economic growth

Question 14

Andrew Carnegie used his wealth later in life to:

Accepted Answer

Fund numerous libraries and educational institutions

Question 15

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the ___

Accepted Answer

Telephone

Question 16

After the civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by:

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Forming monopolies or trusts

Question 17

White registration could reach over 100% for a district. This practice of voting was known as:

Accepted Answer

Tombstone Vote

Question 18

In the late 1800's new technology came about, businesses turned into

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Corporations

Question 19

During the late 1800s, US suffered through two __--periods of extremely low economic activity.

Accepted Answer

Depression

Question 20

He was a civil rights leader who believed that blacks could achieve equality thru passive means

Accepted Answer

Booker T Washington

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