Front

What process created a cheap way to transform iron into lighter and stronger steel?

Back

Bessemer

Front

Invented the phonograph, battery, and light bulb?

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

What was America's first big business? Options: ship building, Gold mining, Cattle, railroads

Back

railroads

Front

Leader in Railroads

Back

Vanderbilt

Front

What connected the eastern and western US?

Back

Transcontinental Railroad

Front

Leader in Steel industry

Back

Carnegie

Front

Leader in the oil industry

Back

Rockefeller

Front

Leader in banking and financing

Back

Morgan

Front

Another name for Captains of Industry

Back

robber barons

Front

Which invention of the 1800s did NOT contribute to the rise of big business?
Options:
Railroads,
Electrical Lighting,
Telephones,
Bicycles

Back

Bicycles