AH2 The Gilded Age - Rise in Industry

Why did most immigrants come to the United States?

• Religious freedom

• Natural disasters

• Economic reasons

What was a quick and cheap way to make steel by blasting hot air through melted iron?

• Assembly Line
• Bessemer Process
• Patent
• Free Enterprise

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:

• The Baby Boom

• Immigration

• The Homestead Act

• Better Healthcare

Who invented the telephone?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

This man controlled a large chunk of the U.S. steel market.

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbuilt
• J.P. Morgan

This business owner created a very powerful oil trust

• Rockefeller

• Edison

• Vanderbilt

• Carnegie

A 19th-century American businessmen who used unethical methods to get rich

• Industrial Bosses 
• Rat Pack 
• Robber Barron 
• Factory Producer 

A railroad tycoon who was known for buying out other railroads in the late 1800s

• George Westinghouse

• George Pullman

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

Competition between business is __________.

• usually bad for the consumer
• usually good for the consumer

At processing stations, officials met with immigrants to determine their medical condition and

• legal standing.
• religious preferences.
• educational level.
• political beliefs.