American businessman who built his wealth in railroads and shipping and is best known for building the New York Central Railroad
History Week 17 Quiz Gilded Age

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6th Grade
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Laura Spangler
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
invented the telephone in 1876
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
American business who led the expansion of the steel industry in the late 19th century through the practice of vertical integration
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
American businessman who co-founded Standard Oil Company and through the practice of horizontal integration, formed the first great U.S. business trust
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
inventor best known for inventing the phonograph, the motion-picture projector
and the incandescent light bulb
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
founder and president of the American Federation of Labor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Samuel Gompers
William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
politician who stood 3 times as the Populist Party's candidate for US President
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Samuel Gompers
William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
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