social studies gilded age test

When one company controls all producing of a certain good ( example: Standard Oil )

Monopoly

Forces companies to have the best quality products and the best prices

Competiton

The second wealthiest American of all time

John D. Rockefeller

An 1882 immigrant law banned what from China?

Laborers

What was the largest workers strike in NYC history.

The uprising of 20,000

What was Adam Smith’s greatest contribution to capitalism?

The wealth of nations

What did capitalists label socialist members who they claimed wanted to disrupt society and overthrow the government.

Anarchist(s)

Many historians view the wealthy industrialists of the gilded age as…

Captains of the industry

The movement for women’s ________ resulted in the 19th Amendment, which gave women the constitutional right to vote in 1920.

Suffrage

What kind of person believes private business should compete against one another to produce the best products and earn the highest profits?

A capitalist

What is the guiding principle “united we stand, divided we fall” for?

Union/Strike

What is a group of a bunch of companies working together to be a big company and all be controlled by the same leadership called.

A Trust

Where did most immigrants come from?

Europe

What were causes of nativism?

Immigrants brought disease and stole jobs

What did J.P. Morgan work in?

Finance

What did Andrew Carnegie work in?

Steel

What did John D. Rockefeller work in?

Oil

What did Cornelius Vanderbilt work in?

Shipping and Railroads

What does gilded mean?

Covered in gold

When was the Transcontinental Railroad Built?

1869

What city did rich people live in?

New York

How many immigrants arrived in the U.S. between 1880 and 1920?

Over 23 million