Captains of Industry

What were the four reasons Big Business prospered

• Faster planes, higher cost, internet, suffragist
• faster transportation, lower cost, advertising, entrepreneurs
• overproduction, limited resources, sanitation, political machines

The use of machines to replace human labor is called_____.

• work
• mechanization
• integration
• liberation

Easy access to materials and energy, immigrant labor, new inventions and financial resources were all reasons why ________ grew in America.

• poverty
• farming
• industries
• agriculture

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

He created the company known as Standard Oil

• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

He used the Bessemer Process in a factory in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, to mass produce stronger steel

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Terrence Powderly
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

• Captain of Industry
• Robber Baron
• Philanthropist
• Consolidator

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Where is the steel industry located?

• New York City
• Philadelphia, PA
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Boston, MA

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the Captain of which industry?

• Steel
• Oil 
• Railroads
• Banking

Which of the following men was the Captain of the oil industry?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• J.P. Morgan