US History-Unit 5 Quiz

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Nativism

• Assimilation

"Survival of the fittest" applied to business competition

• Social Gospel
• Gospel of Wealth
• Social Darwinism

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Holding company
• Infrastructure

Donating lots of money to humanitarian causes

• Philanthropy
• Egalitarianism
• Assimilation
• Socialism

An organization of workers who promote their interests collectively (as a group)

• Labor union
• Political machine
• Caucus

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies-

• Monopolies

• Nativism

• Laissez-faire (hands off)

• New Deal

What is another name for a Big Business that controls an entire market?

• Nativist

• Political Machine

• Monopoly

• Boss Tweed

John D. Rockefeller had a monopoly over which in industry?

• Steel

• Railroads

• Oil

• Banking