True or False
The Gilded Age did not bring much growth to America.
False
brought growth and prosperity but also new problems to America
Who wrote articles encouraging Christians to take the Bible at its word?
B. B. Warfield
The person who experimented with the light bulb and invented the phonograph was ___.
Thomas Edison
An economic system in which the people own the country's goods and businesses is called ____.
capitalism
During the Gilded Age American cities grew because people from rural areas moved to the cities.
True
How did some authors use realism in their works of literature during the Gilded Age?
Life was portrayed just as it was.
The person who was first to patent the telephone was ___.
Alexander Graham Bell
A person who gives large sums of money to help public causes is called a ____.
philanthropist
The Sherman Antitrust Act sought to increase the power a corporation could have.
False
limit
What did Jane Addams's Hull-House offer immigrant women?
medical care
The person who led American's oil industry was ____.
John D. Rockefeller
A combination of several smaller companies into one gigantic corporation is called a ____.
trust
Popular cities where many immigrants settled were Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco.
True
Who built the Great Northern Railway?
James J. Hill
The person who was America's most important manufacturer of steel was ___.
Andrew Carnegie
An organized group of workers that unite to go on strike to force their employers to make changes is called a ____.
labor union
The evolutionist Herbert Spencer promoted the idea that only the educated survive in society.
False
fittest
Who was the first person to make millions in the transportation industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The inventor of the typewriter that first used the QWERTY keyboard was _____.
Christopher Sholes
A business that is owned by many people is called a ___.
corporation
What problems resulted from the growth of cities in America?
Cities were more crowded and harder to keep clean. Providing housing for everyone was difficult. Many children from poor families worked to help support their families.