The Gilded Age Quiz

Someone who uses part of their large wealth to help others.

• Industrialist
• Monopoly
• Capitalist
• Philanthropist

Why were the Industrial Capitalists referred to as "robber barons"?

• Industrialists often took advantage of other people economically.
• Industralists stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
• Industrialists were shared buisness partnerships controlled by a CEO.
• Industralists often formed conglomerates to rob smaller industries.

Which of the following were the impacts the Continental Railroad had on the US?

• Enabled people to have quicker access to the Asian markets.

• Caused conflicts with native Americans.

• Encouraged people to settle the west.

• all of the above

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

• It was illegal to live anywhere else
• They didn't want to be in the US
• It made their adjustment to their new life easier
• No other housing was avaliable

What challenges did immigrants face in the US?

• They caught diseases
• Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
• Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
• Difficult to study for the citizenship test

This banker tycoon made his fortune by taking over and merging other people's businesses.

• J.P. Morgan
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller

One of the key figures in the expansion of regional railroads, greatly improving interstate travel. 

• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Thomas Edison
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller

Why did workers form unions?

• to decrease wages
• to expand child labor
• to increase working hours
• to improve working conditions

Vertical integration is when a company buys out the Resources (raw materials, fields, forests, and farms), Manufacturing (production and processing), and Distribution (shipping, transportation, delivery to customers). 

• True
• False