Name: ___________________
AVID U.S. History
Date: ___________________
Mr. Cavazos
Period: __________________
Quiz 1 : The Gilded Age: Entrepreneurs or Robber Barons?
1. I started out poor but I borrowed a lot of money and made smart investments. I then invested
in Steel. I became very wealthy and I also have a university named after me at this time. Who
am I?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
George Pullman
J. P. Morgan
2. I helped trains go faster and improved speed by inventing this device. I made lots of money.
I made so much money that I opened my own company that has my name in it. What is the
device that I invented.?
a.
b.
c.
d.
steel plow
typewriter
compressed air brake
steam engine
3. I was a very famous industrialist. I founded Standard Oil Company and became very rich. I
also have a famous building in New York named after me. Who am I?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
George Westinghouse
J. P. Morgan
4. This system was a dot line dot system that allowed communications to go through telegraph
wires. What was the name of the system?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Morse Code
Moses Code
More Code
Mail Code
5. I got wealthy buy providing luxury travel trains with dining rooms, sleeping cars, and
restaurant cars. I also built what came to be known as “Company Towns”. Who am I?
a.
b.
c.
d.
George Pullman
Thomas Alba Edison
Bessemer
Drake
6. I am the famous oil well that struck oil in Beaumont, Texas on the east side of Texas. What is
my name?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Spider Web
Battle Top
Spindle Top
Texas Tea
7. This is the nickname that is given to people that are looking to get rich by trying to find oil.
What do we call them?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Alleycats
Bobcats
Wildcatters
spotted leopards
8. These two had the first airplane flight in Kitty Hawk. What state is Kitty Hawk in?
a.
b.
c.
d.
South Carolina
North Carolina
New Jersey
Georgia
9. I invented the light bulb which made it possible to see in the dark. I had help with it but I got
most of the credit. Who am I?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Alexander Graham Bell
Richard Sholes
Robert Fulton
John Deer
10. This was another name for major railroads. It was a silly name because we were not
elephants. What were they called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
blood lines
trunk lines
straight lines
rail lines
11. Alexander Graham Bell started the Bell Telephone company. What current company
evolved from the Bell Telephone Company?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Verizon
Cricket Wireless
AT & T
Sprint
12. I bought railroads that went from Cleveland, Chicago, New York and Toledo. They were
worth 100 Million dollars. Who am I?
a.
b.
c.
d.
George Pullman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
13. I what is used to protect an inventor’s right to make, use, or sell the invention. What am I
called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
patient
patent
permit
certificate of permission
14. I am called this because this is one company’s control of other companies producing the
same product. What am I called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Business Integration
Commercial Integration
15. I invented the original computer keyboard. My name is Richard Sholes. What was my
invention called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
electric keyboard
typewriter
letter clicker
letter writer