WorksheetsRobber Barons/Captains of Industry
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Hull House
2.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
3.
____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.
a)
Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
b)
Captains of Industry, Robber Barons
4.
________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices.
a)
Industrial Giants
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Union Leaders
5.
Carnegie, Rockefeller or Morgan: Was an oil tycoon
a)
Carnegie
b)
Morgan
c)
Rockefeller
6.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
7.
Oil industry
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
8.
Owned every step of the steel making process
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
9.
Became the head of US Steel after buying the company
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
10.
Banking industry
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
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