SSUSH11

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What industry contributed to rapid growth in the steel and oil industries? Options: Automobile, Electrical Power, Coal, Railroad

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Railroad

Front

A need for a stronger, more flexible metal in the construction of these led to an early increase in demand for steel: Trains, Railroad tracks, Airplanes, Automobiles

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Railroad tracks

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How did the late 19th century railroad industry contribute to the oil industry?

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It transported oil.

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This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age

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Andrew Carnegie

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This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry

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Monopoly

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This man owned Standard Oil and controlled 90% of the oil industry during the Gilded Age

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John D Rockefeller

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Andrew Carnegie's idea that massive riches should be used for the good of society

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The Gospel of Wealth

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This is a type of monopoly in which one person or a group of people coordinate multiple companies.

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Trust

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This person invented the phonograph, motion pictures, an electric generator, and a proper electric lightbulb.

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Thomas Edison

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This invention made it possible to send coded messages from one place to another in seconds.

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telegraph