Industrialization and the Gilded

Age Test Review

What was Thomas Edison’s nickname and why is he so important to American (or really World) history?

Explain what the spoils system was and how did it divide the Republican party?

What is the idea of Social Darwinism mean?

The giant industrialist of the late 1800s were grouped together and called what 2 word term?

What or who were members of the Grange movement concerned about?

William Jennings Bryan ran for President in 1896 and vehemently opposed what policy having to do with money?

Where did the Gilded Age get its name?

What industries did Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller make their fortunes?

What was the Bessemer Process? How did it affect the growth of America?

What political party gained membership in the early 1890s because they called for, among other things, a graduated income tax, bank

regulation, and government ownership of the railroads?

Who was Thomas Nast and what did he do that was so important?

Explain what laissez-faire means and how it relates to 19th century America.

What is a political machine? How does it keep power? What was the name of the most infamous political machine?

What is the best way to characterize President Grant and his administration?

Who killed James Garfield? Why did he kill him? Who took over as President?

What did the Pendleton Civil Service Act do?

What is a trust?

What was one way workers protected themselves against unfair working conditions in the late 1800s?

What is vertical and horizontal integration?

Explain what a patent is.

What are 2 advantages of a corporation?