The merging of competitors in the same industry by buying our competitors in the same industry is the definition of

• Vertical consolidation

• Corporate takeover

• Hostile acquisition

• Horizontal consolidation

What industry giant would control 70% of the steel industry before he sold it?

• Henry ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

He emerged as America’s most influential inventor

• Nikolai Tesla

• Alexander gram bell

• Tams Edison

• George w sting house

This national labor organization became successful due to collective bargaining and restricting membership to skilled workers only?

• Knights of labor

• Molly McGuire

• Congress of Industrial Organizations

• American Federation of labor

During the late 19th century, the United States subscribed to a hands off approach to the economy

• Laissez-faire

• Let it be

• Gospel of wealth

• Social Darwinism

This was the first general strike against the nations of railroad companies

• Pullman strike

• Great Uprising

• Haymarket square

• Molly McGuire

This is that hard work and perseverance led to wealth, implying that poverty is a character flaw

• Social Darwinism

• Protestant Work Ethic

• Gospel of wealth

• Lassie-Faire

How the following is true of Madame CJ Walker except

• The daughter of Fried, Louisiana slaves

• Designed hair products for African-American women

• Sold our product door-to-door

• Editor of the ladies home journal

What did William Tusa Sherman call a work of Giants?

• US steel

• Standard oil

• General electric

• Transcontinental railroad

All of the following were reasoning middle-class moved to the suburbs except

• To escape, corrupt politicians

• Low cost abundant land, reduced the price of buying a home

• Inexpensive, transportation by rail, made commuting to work easy

• Spread of new construction methods, such as balloon frame houses reduced the cost of building homes