US HISTORY SSUSH11-14

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Who was able to gain control over much of the oil industry by managing a trust made up of Standard Oil and allied companies?

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John D. Rockefeller

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The transcontinental railroad connected

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The East Coast to the West coast

Front

Who was the inventor of the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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What company did John D. Rockefeller own?

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Standard Oil

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Chinese immigrants primarily worked on the ________ portion of the transcontinental railroad.

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Western

Front

A market in which there is only one supplier of a product (business) and no competition.

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A Monopoly

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How were Chinese immigrants treated during the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

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As substandard people who were paid lower wages

Front

Irish immigrants primarily worked on the ________ portion of the transcontinental railroad

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Eastern

Front

Who invented the light bulb?

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Thomas Edison

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Andrew Carnegie gained control of which industry?

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Steel