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AH3.3 Rise of Industrial Capitalism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term, coined by Mark Twain, describes the era of American History after Reconstruction in which America has enormous growth and prosperous?

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

The New Age

c)

Gilded Age

d)

Golden Age

2.

What is created when a company controls most of all of a market and limits competition in that market?

a)

trust

b)

monopoly

c)

oligarchy

d)

corporation

3.

What is vertical integration?

a)

merging with similar companies

b)

using technology to connect buyer to sellers

c)

same company owns all levels of production

d)

business that has their shares managed by someone else

4.

What negative nickname was given to businessmen like John D. Rockefeller?

a)

robber barons

b)

masters of deceit

c)

manufacturing models

d)

trust busters

5.

What type of industry was the source of Andrew Carnegie’s wealth?

a)

railroads

b)

steel

c)

textiles

d)

oil

6.

What business tycoon made his fortune in oil refineries?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

John D. Rockefeller

7.

Who pioneered the electrical industry advocating for A/C power?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander G. Bell

c)

Edwin Drake

d)

George Westinghouse

8.

Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?

a)

Edwin Drake

b)

Christopher Sholes

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Alexander G. Bell

9.

Which of the following tycoons made their fortunes off of banking and investing?

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

Howard Sears

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

J.P. Morgan

10.

Which philosophy opposed the 'survival of the fittest' theory by advocating philanthropy to give back to the community?

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Code of Brooklyn

c)

laissez faire

d)

Manifesto of Money