U.S.H, History SSUSH11

What industry contributed to rapid growth in the steel and oil industries?

• Automobile

• Electrical Power

• Coal

• Railroad

This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• JP Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry

• Monopoly

• Merger

• Corporation

• Company

This man owned Standard Oil and controlled 90% of the oil industry during the Gilded Age

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D Rockefeller

• JP Morgan

This business practice is when one person or a company own controlling interest in other companies but allow them maintain their own identity

• Trust

• Corporation

• Merger

• Subsidiary

This person invented the phonograph, motion pictures, an electric generator.

• Thomas Edison

• Nicolai Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Andrew Carnegie

Where were European immigrants processed when entering the U.S.

• Angel Island

• The Statue of Liberty

• New York City

• Ellis Island

Where were Asian immigrant processed when entering the U.S

• Angel Island

• The Statue of Liberty

• New York City

• Ellis Island

Who was the first president of the American Federation of Labor

• Samuel Gompers

• John McCormick

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• President Teddy Roosevelt

What was an advantage of labor union?

• helps workers finish jobs quickly

• allows employers to fire workers easily

• makes sure that new workers are trained by older, experiences workers

• gives workers the collective power to bargain with their employers