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WorksheetsGilded Age
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a large business called that sells portions of ownership called stocks?
patent
corporation
monopoly
trust
The exclusive right to make or sell an invention is called
corporation
patent
monopoly
trust
Having complete control over the entire supply of goods and services in a particular market is
corporation
patent
monopoly
trust
When a business owns all of the steps of the manufacturing process
Homestead
Sherman Antitrust
horizontal integration
vertical integration
When a business owns all of the other businesses in a certain field or industry
Homestead
Sherman Antitrust
Horizontal integration
Vertical integration
Law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that prevent free trade
Homestead
Sherman Antitrust
horizontal integration
vertical integration
Labor union strike at one of Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel factories that erupted in violence
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Riot
Gilded Age
James Hargreaves is most famous for what invention?
spinning jenny
cotton gin
radio
telephone
Eli Whitney is most famous for what invention?
spinning jenny
cotton gin
radio
phone
Gugliemo Marconi is most famous for what invention?
spinning jenny
cotton gin
radio
phone
Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for what invention?
spinning jenny
cotton gin
radio
phone
What inventor is famous for creating a cheap process of making steel?
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Wright Bothers
What inventor is famous for creating the Model T?
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
What inventor is famous for creating the airplane?
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
The term that refers to the wealthy businessmen who used ruthless and exploitative tactics to make their money
robber baron
philanthropist
entrepreneur
Gilded Age
A person who gives away most or all of their money is a
robber baron
philanthropist
entrepreneur
Gilded Age
Which of the following people had a monopoly in the steel industry?
John D Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which of the following people had a monopoly in the shipping industry?
John D Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which of the following people had a monopoly in the oil industry?
John D Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which of the following people had a monopoly in the banking industry?
John D Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
