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WorksheetsIndustrialization
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
What technique is used to make steel from iron?
bessemer process
vertical integration
horizontal integration
transcontinental railroad
a railroad that crosses an entire country
a railroad that crosses an entire continent
a railroad that goes from east to west
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Major figure in the expansion of regional railroads connecting New York to the Midwest.
Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry.
Head of the Standard Oil Company.
J.P. Morgan
Head of the Standard Oil Company.
Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry.
Banker who made his money by taking over and merging other businesses.
John D. Rockefeller was
a major figure in the expansion of regional railroads connecting New York to the Midwest.
a Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry.
the head of the Standard Oil Company.
African American inventor of carbon filament
Lewis H. Latimer
Alexander Graham Bell
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Process in which a company buys out its suppliers.
vertical integration
horizontal integration
bessemer process
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone
Inventor of the light bulb
inventor of carbon filament
An industrial boom at the end of the 19th century fueled by natural resources, creative ideas and growing markets.
immigration
industrialization
urbanization
The era between 1865 - 1898 where the US experienced rapid industrialization, immigration and urbanization.
The Golden Age
The Great Era
The Gilded Age
Define a monopoly.
A popular board game based on the Gilded Age
businesses that are owned by investors
Complete control over an industry’s production, wages and prices
Poor laborers who work for robber barons
A monopoly does this to its competitors to control an industry
Wipes out its competitors
Splits into many smaller companies
Gives money to many charities
Cooperates with other companies to have competition
Group of businesses owned by competing companies that is controlled by a single group
Trust
Corporation
Holding company
Infrastructure
laissez-faire
opposed to government intervention of business
government should control major industries
government should be eliminated
nations should avoid trade
