Big Business

What is considered America's first Big Business?

• steel
• oil
• railroads
• finance

Who controlled the Standard Oil Company?

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

Who started a steel company that became the first billion dollar company in 1904?

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

Who purchased Carnegie Steel and turned it into U.S. Steel, the first billion dollar company in America?

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

Which industry helped other industries grow?

• oil
• steel
• railroads
• factories

What is another example of horizontal integration?

• monopoly
• factory
• schools
• churches

Which man used vertical integration to build his business?

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

Who invented the telephone?

• Thomas Edison
• Nikolai Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Westinghouse

Who perfected the lightbulb?

• Thomas Edison
• Nikolai Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Westinghouse

Who is responsible for the telegraph?

• Thomas Edison
• Nikolai Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Samuel F.B. Morse