Gilded Age

Question 1

March 4, 1903

Answer 1

TR signs executive order saving Pelican Island as bird reserve

Question 2

Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt

Answer 2

B 1794. Creates Roosevelt and Son hardware, has near monopoly on plate glass imports, invests wealth in Chemical Bank of New York

Question 3

Seth Green

Answer 3

Premier angler around 1868; restocked Connecticut river with shad in 1867; recruited by RBR to restock Hudson river in 1871

Question 4

September 1878 - TR

Answer 4

TR spends first summer in Maine woods with Will Sewall

Question 5

October 1880

Answer 5

TR marries Alice.

Question 6

January, 1882

Answer 6

TR starts term in New York’s state assembly in Albany

Question 7

Northern Pacific Railroad

Answer 7

Lake Superior to the Pacific (Puget Sound) through Northwestern US. Approved by Congress in 1864; Construction started in 1870; Final Golden Spike driven by Ulysses S. Grant in 1883.

Question 8

September 1883

Answer 8

TR visits badlands for the first time; invests $14,000 to partner in Maltese Cross Ranch.

Question 9

Autumn 1886

Answer 9

TR runs for and loses New York Mayoral campaign.

Question 10

Winter of the Blue Snow

Answer 10

Winter of 1886-1887. TR loses 60-75% of his cattle to extreme cold. Shuts down Maltese Cross/Elkhorn ranches.

Question 11

1872 - congress

Answer 11

Establishes Yellowstone as America’s First National Park; U.S. Grant President.

Question 12

1889-1895

Answer 12

TR appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner

Question 13

Forest Reserve Act of 1891

Answer 13

Signed by Harrison; Section 24 gave the president the right to convert public land into forest reserves.

Question 14

TR signs executive order saving Pelican Island as bird reserve

Answer 14

March 4, 1903

Question 15

B 1794. Creates Roosevelt and Son hardware, has near monopoly on plate glass imports, invests wealth in Chemical Bank of New York

Answer 15

Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt

Question 16

TR spends first summer in Maine woods with Will Sewall

Answer 16

September 1878 - TR

Question 17

TR marries Alice.

Answer 17

October 1880

Question 18

TR starts term in New York’s state assembly in Albany

Answer 18

January, 1882

Question 19

Secretary of Smithsonian from 1878-1887. TR donates his “Roosevelt Museum” in 1882.

Answer 19

Spencer F. Baird

Question 20

Lake Superior to the Pacific (Puget Sound) through Northwestern US. Approved by Congress in 1864; Construction started in 1870; Final Golden Spike driven by Ulysses S. Grant in 1883.

Answer 20

Northern Pacific Railroad

Question 21

TR visits badlands for the first time; invests $14,000 to partner in Maltese Cross Ranch.

Answer 21

September 1883

Question 22

TR runs for and loses New York Mayoral campaign.

Answer 22

Autumn 1886

Question 23

Winter of 1886-1887. TR loses 60-75% of his cattle to extreme cold. Shuts down Maltese Cross/Elkhorn ranches.

Answer 23

Winter of the Blue Snow

Question 24

Establishes Yellowstone as America’s First National Park; U.S. Grant President.

Answer 24

1872 - congress

Question 25

TR appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner

Answer 25

1889-1895

Question 26

Signed by Harrison; Section 24 gave the president the right to convert public land into forest reserves.

Answer 26

Forest Reserve Act of 1891

Question 27

1835

Answer 27

Andrew Carnegie Born

Question 28

Andrew Carnegie Born

Answer 28

1835

Question 29

J. Edgar Thomson

Answer 29

Head of Pennsylvania railroad from 1852-1874.

Question 30

Tom Scott

Answer 30

1823-1881. 4th President of Pennsylvania railroad (1874-1880). U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during Civil War.

Question 31

Piper & Shiffler

Answer 31

1862 to build iron railroad bridges in Pittsburgh. Carnegie, Thomson, Scott, and Jacob Linville, chief bridge engineer of Pennsylvania. Thomson and Scott are silent partners, ensuring lucrative contracts from the Pennsylvania railroad. Thomson’s shares held in wife’s name, others’ in Carnegie’s. Crony Capitalism.

Question 32

Dodd Process for Steel Rails

Answer 32

Carnegie purchases US patent in 1865 to face iron with steel. Technology fails in 1867 and Carnegie and Thomson lose money.

Question 33

Effect of railroads 1865-1900

Answer 33

Railroads enable national markets. By lowering the costs of transportation, the railroads lowered the final price of goods and produce, which led to a surge in national and international trade.

Question 34

1870 - St. Louis

Answer 34

Carnegie partners with Tom Scott to build St. Louis bridge.

Question 35

Carnegie partners with Tom Scott to build St. Louis bridge.

Answer 35

1870 - St. Louis

Question 36

1875

Answer 36

St. Louis Bridge Company declares bankruptcy. Other arrangements had been made to cross Mississippi and few passengers used bridge.

Question 37

St. Louis Bridge Company declares bankruptcy. Other arrangements had been made to cross Mississippi and few passengers used bridge.

Answer 37

1875

Question 38

1870 - Tariff

Answer 38

Republican Congress imposes $28-a-ton tariff on imported steel. British steel mills lose competitive advantage.

Question 39

Republican Congress imposes $28-a-ton tariff on imported steel. British steel mills lose competitive advantage.

Answer 39

1870

Question 40

Edgar Thomson Steel Works

Answer 40

1872 at Braddock. Near coal, iron ore, Pennsylvania railroad, Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Monangahela river, and Pittsburgh. Created with William Coleman, Carnegie’s oil business partner.

Question 41

1872. Near coal, iron ore, Pennsylvania railroad, Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Monangahela river, and Pittsburgh. Created with William Coleman, Carnegie’s oil business partner.

Answer 41

Edgar Thomson Steel Works

Question 42

1881

Answer 42

Carnegie partners with Frick.

Question 43

1885

Answer 43

New railroad track hits low for decade. Hundreds of companies that had gone deeply into debt in the expectation that the boom would continue failed. Between 1883 and 1886, twenty two national banks collapsed.