WorksheetsCaptains of Industry
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Captain of Industry became the world's first billionnaire?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Ford
d)
Vanderbilt
2.
Which Captain of Industry created the disassembly line, which gave every worker one job taking apart the animals?
(I'll take the right leg!)
(I'll take the right leg!)
a)
Pullman
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Armour
d)
Vanderbilt
3.
Which Captain of Industry immigrated from Scotland and became the symbol of the American Dream?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Pullman
c)
Ford
d)
Armour
4.
Which Captain of Industry used the assembly line method to make his products?
a)
Pullman
b)
Ford
c)
Rockefeller
d)
Armour
5.
Which Robber Barron maximized profits by not customizing his products?
Hint: He made them ALL black.
Hint: He made them ALL black.
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Armour
c)
Ford
d)
Carnegie
6.
Which Captain of Industry made his company a monopoly before the government made a law to break up companies that got too big?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Ford
c)
Rockefeller
d)
Armour
7.
Which Robber Barron made the refrigerated railway car to ship his products all over the world?
a)
Armour
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Pullman
d)
Vanderbilt
8.
Which Captain of Industry controlled all of the transportation from New York to Chicago?
a)
Armour
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Pullman
d)
Vanderbilt
9.
Which Robber Barron bought out ALL of his competition so he could charge whatever he wanted for his product?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Ford
d)
Vanderbilt
10.
Which Robber Barron vertically integrated by buying ALL of the companies that helped make or ship his product?
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Pullman
c)
Carnegie
d)
Ford
11.
Which Robber Barron paid his workers a living wage of $5 a day?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Pullman
c)
Ford
d)
Armour
12.
Which Robber Barron did NOT buy out other companies to make as much money as possible?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Pullman
d)
Vanderbilt
13.
Which Robber Barron created a "standard track gauge" that made it so all railroads could be linked together?
a)
Vanderbilt
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Pullman
d)
Carnegie
14.
Which Robber Barron had rats, poison and even human body parts wind up in his products?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Ford
c)
Rockefeller
d)
Armour
15.
Which Captain of Industry would always replace his workers if they went on strike with guys that would work for less?
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Carnegie
c)
Ford
d)
Pullman
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