| A | B |
| Sprague | revolutionized mass transit in the US by inventing the electric trolley car |
| Alger | am the author of many rags to riches stories that inspired the youth of that era |
| Boss Tweed | corrupt party boss of New York's Tammany Hall, New York City's Democratic political machine |
| Carnegie | embrance the Gospel of Wealth and gave away much of his great fortune |
| Mark Twain | American author who coined tne name for this era, the Gilded Age |
| Jane Adams | founder of the Hull House in Chicago. Helped the poor |
| Jacob Riis | wrote the book How the Other Half LIves that told of sad living conditions in slums |
| Nativist | unhappy with all the foreigners coming into the US |