The Men Who Built America

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

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

• Iron
• Carbon
• Concrete
• Steel

Who did Carnegie hire to run his Mills?

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

Where did Carnegie build his first bridge?

• Missouri River 
• Mississippi River
• Hudson River
• Quinipiac  River

What is the name of Rockefeller's wealthy oil business?

• Standard Oil Inc.
• Standard Oil Company
• Standardized Oil Associates
• Standard Oil 

Who was primarily at fault for the Johnstown flood?

• Carnegie

• Frick

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

Who were the mercenaries at the Homestead Steel strike?

• Pinkertons

• Rough Riders

• Unions The Unions

• State milita

Nickname for those who portrayed a negative view on big business, often being viewed as cruel and ruthless.

• robber barons

• captains of industry

• entreprenuers

• kings of industry

Business expansion strategy, wherein the company acquires a particular business line to eliminate competition.

• a holding company

• horizontal integration

• a trust

• vertical integration

The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel.

• Bessemer process

• Carnegie process

• Steel process

• Vanderbilt process