Gilded Age
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- Q1Who came up with the term "Gilded Age"?Andrew CarnegieMark TwainCornelius VanderbiltAbraham Lincoln30s
- Q2Who invented the Bessemer process, a way to turn iron to steel?RockefellerCarnegieHenry Bessemer30s
- Q3Who had the nickname "The Commodore?"Cornelius VanderbiltJohn D. RockefellerCarnegie30s
- Q4Who created the Standard Oil Company?BessemerVanderbiltCarnegieRockefeller30s
- Q5Carnegie donated money for things like libraries, 13 in Tennessee. He was a _______?Labor Unionmonopolyphilanthropist30s
- Q6What was a goal of labor unions?Safer working conditionsLess payLonger work days30s
- Q7When a business has no competition.monopolyuniontrust30s
- Q8This man became wealthy by using steel to create rails for railroads which lasted longer than iron rails.Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerCornelius Vanderbilt30s
- Q9He was an American shipping and railroad industrialist who earned more than $100 million.Andrew CarnegieHenry BessemerCornelius Vanderbilt30s
- Q10This was the first labor union.Knights of LaborAmerican Federation of LaborIndustrialists30s