Gilded Age Quiz

What is the term used to describe the years between the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century?

• Industrial Revolution

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Victorian Era

Who invented the air brake, making rail travel safer and more dependable?

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Westinghouse

Which journalist and photographer brought the horrors of New York slum life to light in his book, 'How the Other Half Lives'?

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Ida Tarbell

Which wealthy entrepreneur is often referred to as a robber baron but was also a generous philanthropist?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Frick

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What theory was used to justify the income inequality between the wealthy and the poor during the Gilded Age?

• Social Darwinism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Anarchism

Which journalist's work led to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller's monopoly, the Standard Oil Company?

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

What event in 1877 sparked violence across America between the working class and local and federal authorities?

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Strike

• Haymarket Affair

Which invention by Alexander Graham Bell made the world a much smaller place for both individuals and businesses?

• Telephone

• Automobile

• Radio

• Electricity

What did the working class use to fight for higher wages and improved working conditions during the Gilded Age?

• Boycotts

• Lock-outs

• Scabs

• Labor Unions

What did the innovations of the Gilded Age help usher in modern America?

• Feudal system

• Urbanization and technological creativity

• Renaissance art

• Agricultural revolution