People

Question 1

I embraced the Gospel if Wealth and gave away much of my great fortune.

Answer 1

Andrew Carnegie

Question 2

I believed that black Americans should concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones.

Answer 2

Booker T. Washington

Question 3

I believed that economic goals could be achieved through vocational education, and I founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Answer 3

Booker T. Washington

Question 4

I engaged in philanthropy by using my wealth to build libraries, music halls, colleges ect.

Answer 4

Andrew Carnegie

Question 5

I was the most famous Ragtime artist/composer of the Gilded Age. My famous hits include “Mapleleaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”

Answer 5

Scott Joplin

Question 6

I am notoriously corrupt, but I help new immigrants find jobs, housing and provide other essential city services in exchange for votes (favors)

Answer 6

Party Boss

Question 7

I worked tirelessly to help black Americans achieve increased Civil Rights. I believed the key to this was increased voting rights.

Answer 7

W.E.B. DuBois

Question 8

I am an American author who coined the name for this era, the Gilded Age, and who followed the literary style of Realism in my writings.

Answer 8

Mark Twain

Question 9

One of my most famous novels was Huckleberry Finn which portrayed real American life and attitudes in the pre-Civil War era.

Answer 9

Mark Teain

Question 10

I am the founder of the Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago.

Answer 10

Jane Addams

Question 11

I help the urban poor and contribute to the assimilation of immigrants by providing a variety of services and assistance in response to the harsh conditions that they face in the cities.

Answer 11

Jane Addams

Question 12

I am an anti-lynching activist. My efforts led to a significant decrease in the practice of lynching.

Answer 12

Ida B. Wells

Question 13

I believe in being generous with my money in an effort to support humanitarian or social goals

Answer 13

Philanthropist

Question 14

I am the corrupt “party boss” of New York’s Tammany Hall, New York City’s Democratic political machine

Answer 14

Boss Tweed