The Gilded Age

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What does philanthropist mean?

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someone who generously donates money to good causes

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What is this a picture of? Options: tenements, melting pot, skyscrapers, plantations

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tenements

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Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?

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John D. Rockefeller

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A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices such as Vanderbilt and Carnegie was called a ?

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Robber Baron

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Which word means a complete ownership or control of the entire supply of goods or a service in a certain market?

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monopoly

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A Scottish immigrant who led the enormous expansion of the steel industry.

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Andrew Carnegie

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During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the U.S. found work as ?

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Factory workers

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Which island did European immigrants register to live in in the U.S.?

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Ellis

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Which one of these men was NOT a robber baron with a monopoly and unethical business practices? Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan

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Thomas Edison

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Which sentence correctly describes Ida Tarbell as a "muckraker?"

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Ida Tarbell researched the crimes of the Standard Oil Co. and reported it in magazines and newspapers.