Topic 2 - Industry, Big Business, and Organized Labor

Which person created a method that made the production of steel more efficient?

• J.P. Morgan

• James Bessemer

• Jacob Riis

• John D. Rockefeller

He created a monopoly (Standard Oil) and became the first billionaire in the U.S.

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Elisha Otis

• John D. Rockefeller

He built a railroad empire and his family built the Biltmore Estate.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Elisha Otis

He gave away his entire fortune after his death to help community causes; built his wealth through his ownership of a steel company,

• John P. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• George Westinghouse

This term describes when a company buys out all of its suppliers to control the making and distributing of its products

• Oligopoly

• Horizontal integration

• Vertical integration

• Trust

Who invented the telephone?

• Gustavas Swift

• Elisha Otis

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thaddeaus Lowe

Who was the founder of the American Railway Union who ran for President five times?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Rutherford B. Hayes

This incident led to President Cleveland to deploy federal troops because the mail was not being delivered

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Riot incident

• Eugene V. Debs protest against World War I

This incident led Andrew Carnegie to hire a private security firm to attack the employees at one of his plants.

• Pullman Strike

• Promontory Point, UT

• Haymarket Square Riot

• Homestead Strike

Samuel Gompers is considered the founder of this labor union

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• United Auto Workers

• Major League Baseball Players Association