Ch 19-AGS US History - Becoming an Industrial Giant

James J. Hill built the Great Northern Railway System and was known as ______.

• The Empire State Building

• The Empire Builder

• Bob the Builder

______ gave millions of dollars to fund libraries, colleges, and medical research.

• Cornelius

  Vanderbilt

• PJ Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

Henry Ford helped develop a gasoline powered ______ that would later be used in automobiles.

• engine

• tires

• television

______ simplified the Kodak camera, making it possible for thousands of people to take photographs.

• Mr. Polariod

• George Eastman

• Matthew Hender

Railroads helped people like Philip Armour and Gustavus Swift develop the ______ industry.

• meat-packing

• sneaker

• housing

A large company or corporation that has little or no competition is called a ______.

• natural resources

• phonograph

• monopoly

_______ such as coal, iron, and petroleum helped the United States to become an industrial giant.

• natural resources

• phonograph

• monopoly

Thomas Edison recited "Mary had a little lamb" on the ______, one of his inventions.

• natural resources

• phonograph

• monopoly

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune building _____.

• steel

• railroads

• Standard Oil Company

Rockefeller's ______ refined crude petroleum into oil and kerosene.

• steel

• railroads

• Standard Oil Company