Men Who Built America

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s EXCEPT

• A wealth of natural resources
• Government support for business
• A growing urban population
• The emergence of the middle class

Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel company by doing all of the following EXCEPT  

• Buying out his supporters
• Cutting the quality of his products
• Buying out his competitors
• Underselling his competitors

The Sherman Antitrust Act 

• Outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade
• Was supported by millionaire industrialists
• Was used by labor unions to fight for the workers rights
• Encouraged the establishment of large- scale businesses

Refined Oil is also known as which of the following

• gasoline
• kerosene
• valvoline

What inventor first implemented the Assembly Line on a large scale?

• Henry Ford
• Orville Wright
• George Westinghouse
• Andrew Carnegie

What material did Carnegie mass produce in order to make his bridge stronger?

• Iron
• Carbon
• Concrete
• Steel

Who did Vanderbilt team with to form a powerful business alliance?

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Morgan
• Edison

What did Rockefeller's father do for a living?

• He was a circus actor
• He was wild-game hunter
• He was a traveling storyteller
• He was a scam artist

Where did Carnegie build his Mills?

• Chicago
• Pittsburgh
• New York
• Johns town

Who did Carnegie hire to run his Mills?

• Henry Ford
• Henry Frick
• J.P Morgan
• Nikola Tesla