Robber Barons

In this political cartoon, who is in charge of the Senate?

• The US Senators

• the US Constitution

• The owners of monopolies/ industrialists

• the American people

Owned every step of the steel making process

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Carnegie

• All of them

Which term BEST describes the United States government's policies towards Big Business during the Gilded Age?

• Regulatory

• Mercantilist

• Laissez-faire

• Progressive

Since the Gilded Age, why have critics of "Big Business" claimed monopolies are harmful to the American economy?

• They argued competition is limited.

• Critics thought urban growth rates decreased.

• Critics argued that technological innovation was harmful.

• Critics believed European industries had an advantage.

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller believed that the strong will survive.

• Social Darwinism

• Assimilation

• Gospel of Wealth

• Vertical Integration

Dominated the oil industry.

• Carnegie

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Gates

How did the industrialist John D. Rockefeller typify the robber barons?

• Rockefeller brought artistic movements like the harlem Reanaissance tro American society.

• Rockefeller, founder of standard oil, monopolized many industries to become wealthy.

• Rockefeller was able to manipulate United States Congress demonstrating the rampant corruption in the american politicical system. 

• Rockefeller was able to expand his oil industry to 90% of the Third World nations.

Gilded Age" was a name for the time that reflected the way the growth of big business caused a

• reduction in crime

• increase in population

• widening gap between the rich and the poor

• narrowing gap between the wealthy and the poor

Kept workers' wages low

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Carnegie

• All of them

Became the head of US Steel after buying the company

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Carnegie

• All of them