US History Chapter 16 Quizlet (Credit to: ava99988)

  • What was another name for the peoples party? Populist Party

  • Why did the railroad industry cause the interstate commerce act? The high prices of railroads

  • Who was the most prolific inventor during the Gilded Age? Thomas Edison

  • Who was originally an immigrant who worked at a textile mill? Andrew Carnegie

  • What act banned monopolies? Sherman's anti trust act

  • What were the New South's twin pillars? Textiles and tobacco

  • What issues dominated American politics? government corruption, civil service reforms, tariff revision, and regulations of the trusts

  • What legislation outlawed the spoils system? The Pendleton act

  • What was the first major trust? Standard Oil Company

  • What was the main cause of the Interstate commerce act? Railroad industry

  • What caused the growth of industry? population boom (babies, and immigration), innovative spirit, sympathetic government, and new power sources (electricity)

  • Which man said "men who die rich die disgraced"? Andrew Carnegie

  • What is socialism? the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all

  • What is a legal device that gives a group of people the right to ownership of a company? trust

  • What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age? The telephone

  • Who invented the telephone? Alexander Graham Bell

  • Where were most Americans working during the Gilded Age? Factories

  • What did Americans want in regard to regulating transportation? regulation of railroads

  • What did the railroad industry cause? The interstate commerce act

  • Who created the modern oil industry? John D. Rockefeller

  • Who was a major player in the steel industry? Andrew Carnegie

  • Who specialised in shipping? Cornelius Vanderbilt

  • Who helped create the modern American economy? J.P Morgan

  • What is the name for a court order forbidding an action? injunction