Big Business Activator

Which person below is not a wealthy business owner from the last half of the 19th century?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

Which industry below did not grow because of railroads in the 1800s?

• Steel

• Oil

• Cattle

• Automobiles

A monopoly is the control of an industry by (a)   corporation(s).

• one
• a few
• several
• zero

Match the following

• Vertical Integration

• Several businesses working together to control an industry

• Horizontal Integration

• Buying multiple competing businesses

• Monopoly

• Buying all steps involved in creating your product

• Trust

• One business controlling an industry

Match the following

• Nothing important

• General Custer

• Oil

• John D. Rockefeller

• Died at the Battle of Little Bighorn

• Sitting Bull

• Steel

• Mr. B.

• Survived the Battle of Little Bighorn

• Carnegie

(a)   are lots of laborers working together to get better pay and conditions.

• Labor Unions
• Robber Barons
• Railroads
• Sleeping Bulls

All/most of the workers choosing not to go to work until they get what they want is called (a)   .

• a strike
• a contract
• a big business
• a monopoly