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The Gilded Age Part 2
Question or Hint
Answer or Word
- Who was Alexander Graham Bell? An inventor best known for helping create the telephone (wrong answers: A U.S. president during the Civil War, A factory owner who built the oil industry, A famous cowboy from the Wild West)
- In U.S. history, what was Social Darwinism? A belief that competition means the strongest people and businesses will succeed (wrong answers: A plan to make every worker earn the same pay, A movement to stop building factories and return to farming, A belief that the government should own all factories and businesses)
- During the Gilded Age, what were living conditions like for many poor families in big cities? Crowded apartments with poor sanitation and little clean water (wrong answers: Huge mansions with clean water and indoor plumbing, Free homes provided by the government in every city, Clean, roomy apartments where everyone had plenty of money)
- Which characteristic best helped Nellie Bly succeed as a reporter? Courage and determination (wrong answers: Laziness and fear of change, Only doing easy tasks, Avoiding new places and people)
- What was Nellie Bly’s real name? Elizabeth Cochran (wrong answers: Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman)
- Who was Clara Barton? A nurse who helped soldiers in the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross (wrong answers: A teacher who taught children in a one-room schoolhouse, A factory worker who worked long hours in a textile mill, A leader who helped start the first national parks)
- What was Mark Twain’s real name? Samuel Clemens (wrong answers: Elizabeth Cochran, Alexander Graham Bell, Joseph Carnegie)
