Rise of Big Business

_____________________ were business men who were often referred to as using extreme forms of corruption to become wealthy.

The time period in American history from the 1870's to 1900's in which great political corruption and wealth inequality dominated big business.

• The Oil Age

• The Gilded Age

• The Railroad Age

• The Robber Baron Age

_________________ became a self made millionaire when he became interested in the railroad industry and purchased and consolidated to railways to become one of the first giant corporations in the US.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

An industrialist who made sure that their workers were provided for and treated fairly in the workplace were called ________________.

• Robber Barons

• Millionaires

• Financiers

• Captains of the Industry

Standard Oil Company is a good example of a ____________. Business practices are not always what they seem.

This millionaire businessman sold his company for $480 Million to JP Morgan.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

• Thomas Edison

What is the name of a person who gives back a portion of their wealth to support the arts, medicine, and education?

• Robber Baron

• Reformer

• Bigot

• Philanthropist

Which big business was broken up and shut down after its unethical and corrupt business practices were exposed?

• Carnegie Steel Company

• Union and Central Pacific Railroads

• Standard Oil Company

• US Steel Company

This banker is known for financing big businesses such as US Steel Company and even saved the United States from financial disaster on several occasions.

• JP Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• John Gould

• Andrew Carnegie

Which person below became a billionaire at the age of 40?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

• John D. Rockerfeller