Captains of Industry CFA

Who was the man made his fortune in the oil industry.

• Carnegie

• Morgan

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

• flight
• oil
• railroads
• automobiles

This man made his money in the Banking industry

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Carnegie

• Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

• flight
• oil
• railroads
• automobiles

The Robber Barons were...

• medieval warlords from Germany

• Politicians in the early 1900's

• corrupt politicians in the Gilded Age

• men of business in the Gilded Age

This was a less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically.

• Industrial Revolution

• Bessemer Process

• Pipeline

• Horizontal Integration

What was the company John D. Rockefeller created?

• Standard Oil Company

• Standard Oil Drilling

• Standard Oil Reliance

• Standard Oil Trust

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America where it looked impressive on the outside but had many problems beneath the surface.

• Progressive Era

• Imperial America

• Era of Good Feelings

• Gilded Age

In this political cartoon, how do monopolistic trusts (like Standard Oil Trust) impact competition?

• Competition is encouraged by monopolistic trusts
• competition is prevented by monopolistic trusts
• there is no impact
• the cartoon makes no statement about it

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

• Cheap electric power
• Fire safety standards
• The invention of the elevator
• New methods of making steel