Captains of Industry

Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...

• flight

• oil

• railroads

• automobiles

Owned every step of the steel making process

• Rockefeller

• Morgan

• Carnegie

• All of them

Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?

• meatpacking, automobile,  and construction

• railroads, steel and oil

• textile, meatpacking and canals

• political machines, settlement houses and ghettos

Which of the following best describes the role of a Captain of Industry?

• A business leader who exploits workers for personal gain

• A business leader who contributes positively to the country's economy

• A government official regulating industries

• A labor union leader

Discuss the rationale behind the support for Social Darwinism by some industrialists during the Industrial Revolution.

• It justified their business practices as natural and beneficial for progress

• It encouraged them to donate all their wealth to charity

• It promoted the idea of equal wealth distribution

• It was a call for government intervention in business

Andrew Carnegie was the titan of what industry?

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Banking

J.P. Morgan was the titan of what industry?

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Banking

John D. Rockefeller was the titan of what industry?

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Banking

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the Titan of what industry?

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Banking

• A

• B

• C

• D