People
Who earned his wealth in the oil industry and gave much of his money to medical research?
John D. Rockefeller
Who invented the first telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What was a gift from France that reminds new immigrants of freedom?
Statue of Liberty
What is a type of theater that was a show made up of short acts?
vaudeville
What term describes American culture in the late 1800s?
Gilded Age
Who earned his fortune in the steel business and gave much of his money to build libraries?
Andrew Canigie
Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
What station did the US government set up to provide help for immigrants?
Ellis Island
What economic system allows the people of a country to own the country's goods and businesses?
capitalism
What is the term that means the right to vote?
suffrage
Which woman was known as an expert at shooting guns?
Annie Oakley
Who invented the QWERTY keyboard?
Christopher Sholes
What are some reasons immigrants came to America?
better job, religious freedom and find land for sale at a good price.
Who is the most famous poet of the Gilded Age?
Emily Dickinson
It mixed classical music with African American music styles.
What business made Vanderbilt a wealthy man?
Shipping and Railroad business
What special treatment did milk need to go through before being sold?
pasteurization
Who started a settlement house so that immigrant women could receive help?
Jane Addams
How did the Labor Laws help children?
It limited the number of hours children could work and the age a child could start working.
Name one famous artist during the Gilded Age.
Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent
Which man did God use to start Sunday school and win people to Christ during the Gilded Age?
D.L. Moody
Who invented the shoe laster?
Jan Matzeliger
What law said that no more Chinese from the working class could enter America?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What did the Hull-House provide for immigrant women?
classes (English, cooking, sewing), nursing care, food, clothing.
Name a famous author during the Gilded Age.
Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott