The Gilded Age Review

John D. Rockefeller's oil industry represents the growth of what?

• sporting events

• international power

• big business

• poverty

The growth of cities is called . . .

• rural

• technology

• immigration

• urbanization

Some big businesses used _______ practices that hurt other businesses or their own workers.

• Ethical

• Fair

• Sincere

• Corrupt

Workers began to speak out for their rights and some joined ______________.

• Labor Unions

• Philanthropic Organizations

• Farming Unions

• Political Clubs

Businessmen who gave back to their communities by helping to build roads, schools, churches . .

• Philanthropists

• Politicians

• Monopolists

• Do-gooders

During the Gilded Age, people moved from _____ areas to ______ areas.

• Urban, rural

• Western, eastern

• Eastern, western

• Rural, urban

Owned the largest steel company in the United States

(~ 1900)

• Collis Huntington

• J. P. Morgan

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Carnegie

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently
• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.
•  Businesses needed to hire skilled workers
•  Factories could extend working hours.

Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices

• monopoly
• capitalism
• socialism
• concentration of wealth

He created the company known as Standard Oil

• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison