Captains of Industry/Robber Barons Review

A less expensive and easier way to make steel.  It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.

• Industrial Revolution
• Bessemer Process
• JP Morgan
• Hull House

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.

• Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
• Captains of Industry, Robber Barons

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

• flight
• oil
• railroads
• automobiles

Owned every step of the steel making process

• Rockefeller
• Morgan
• Carnegie
• All of them

A law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for $10 with a promise to live and develop the land for a period of time.

• Texas Empressarios

• Land Act of 1885

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

Which of the following correctly describes the American Federation of Labor?

• It wanted to increase wages for its members.
• It allowed all workers to join.
• It used strikes as a last resort.
• It was formed by a group of socialists.

Which was the first labor union in the country who accepted all types of workers?

• American Federation of Labor

• Railroad Worker's Union

• American Labor Union

• Knights of Labor

Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm prices

• To reduce economic inflation

• To raise campaign contribution limits

• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

During the late 1800's, farmers formed the __________Party. 

• Populist
• Democratic
• Republican
• Whit