Age of Inventions Gilded Age

Steel made which "Robber Baron" rich when he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million?

• John D. Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Which invention was created by Alexander Graham Bell and allowed for quick communication?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• McCormick's Reaper

• Bessemer Process

Chinese immigrants, dangerous work, spanning the country, new technology, all had to do with..

• Railroads

• Industrialization

• Homestead Act

• Spoils System

American Federation Labor and Knights of Labor pertain to...

• Indian Rights

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Industrialization

• Unions

What phrase best explains government interaction with business during the Gilded Age?

• c'est la vie

• laissez-faire

• e plurbius unum

Thomas Edison had a great idea for an invention but it took him several (thousand) tries...

• light bulb

• telegraph

• telephone

• typewriter

Which industry did the Bessemer process revolutionize?

• railroads

• farming

• steel

• skyscrapers

What is the best definition of a strike?

• When a union files a court order to block a policy

• When employees refuse to work until conditions change

• When a business hires replacement workers

• When workers are laid off due to an economic downturn

Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

• Eugene Debs

• Terence Powderly

• John D. Rockefeller

• Samuel Gompers

Stocks, share holders, corporations, labor issues, and trusts are best associated with...

• Labor Unions

• Industrial Revolution

• Indian issues

• Rise of Big Business