U4: Growth of Cities

1. Which of the the following inventions allowed the building of skyscrapers?

• bessemer process and elevator

• sewing machine and light bulb
• assembly line and barbed wire
• railroads and printing press

2. What is it when one business is the sole supplier of goods or services in a market?

• monopoly
• corporation
• trust
• capitalist

3. Who invented the light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Theresa Brady
• Steve Jobs

5. When a business buys all the services and products that go into that business, it is said to be which term?

• vertical integration
• horizontal integration
• corporation
• philanthropist

7. Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the:

• rise of big business
• formation of labor unions
• development of new inventions
• development of the factory visit

8. A person who gives away all of their money is called a(n):

• entrepreneur
• robber baron
• philanthropist
• boss

9. A person who uses ruthless business tactics to get money from customers is called a(n):

• entrepreneur
• robber baron
• philanthropist
• boss

10. A person who starts their own business is called a(n):

• entrepreneur
• robber baron
• philanthropist
• boss

11. Which of the following people owned the US Steel Corporation?

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

12. What company was started by John D. Rockefeller?

• Otis Elevators
• Kodak Pictures
• US Steel Coorporation
• Standard Oil Company