Chapter 17 Review

Which of the following is the reason people moved to cities?

• for the job opportunities

• to catch a smelly pole cat

• that is where the transcontinental railroad stopped

• to get away from the free farmland out west

What industry did Pittsburgh become the center of?

• Cotton

• Steel

• Automoblies

• Airplanes

A monopoly does this to its competitors to control an industry

• Wipes out its competitors

• Splits into many smaller companies

• Gives money to many charities

• Cooperates with other companies to have competition

________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices. 

• Industrial Giants
• Captains of Industry
• Robber Barons
• Union Leaders

Who was the oil tycoon who created the Standard Oil Company

• Carnegie

• Morgan

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

He invented the light bulb and helped "electrify America."

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Westinghouse

• Cyrus McCormick

• Thomas Edison

____________ 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

Owned every step of the steel making process

• Rockefeller
• Morgan
• Carnegie
• All of them

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island
• Rhode Island
• Ellis Island
• Fools Island