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WorksheetsRise of the Trusts
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the industrialist Thomas Edison contribute to the industrial age?
a)
Thomas Edison created the public educational system and water utilities.
b)
Thomas Edison developed electricity and invented the hydroelectric dam.
c)
Thomas Edison patented many of the inventions and founded General Electric.
d)
Thomas Edison built practical ways to apply te steam engine to mass production.
2.
These were the men who held very large and extensive corporations within their hands, they even had some control over the governmental processes.
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Hobos
c)
Factory Girls
d)
Business Owners
3.
A monopoly is the total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents ________________.
a)
Unions
b)
Capitalism
c)
Competition
d)
regulation
4.
In this political cartoon, who is in charge of the Senate?
a)
The US Senators
b)
the US Constitution
c)
The owners of monopolies/ industrialists
d)
the American people
5.
What type of business organization is being criticized in this cartoon?
a)
monopoly
b)
international corporation
c)
union
d)
partnership
6.
A railroad baron who was known as the "Commodore."
a)
George Westinghouse.
b)
George Pullman
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
William McKinley
7.
Between the Civil War and WWI the US was transformed from an agricultural to an _____ nation.
a)
industrial
b)
civilized
c)
archaic
d)
agrarian
8.
This person invented the phonograph, audio recorder, battery, and electric lightbulb.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nicolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Andrew Carnegie
9.
This man controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
10.
This man owned Standard Oil and controlled most of the oil industry during the Gilded Age
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D Rockefeller
d)
JP Morgan
11.
This man gained his wealth and power from banking and finances during the Gilded Age
a)
John D Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
12.
This is another word for monopoly
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Merger
d)
Subsidiary
13.
This type of monopoly involves buying each step of the production process (Standard Oil)
a)
Vertical Integration
b)
Horizontal Integration
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