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Who were the powerful business leaders that controlled the railroads?

• Railroad barons

• Industrial magnates

• Steel tycoons

• Oil barons

Who was one of the first railroad barons, controlling from New York to the Great Lakes?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

What is a discount or return of part of a payment given to big customers called?

• Rebate

• Refund

• Discount

• Credit

What is a group sharing in some activity, such as railroad barons making deals about control, called?

• Syndicate

• Cartel

• Pool

• Alliance

Who laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

Who invented the light bulb?

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Westinghouse

Who improved the light bulb?

• Lewis Howard Latimer

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who was the founder of Ford Motor Company and created the Model T and the assembly line?

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

What is the assembly line?

• A method where workers move to different stations

• A factory method where work moves past stationary workers

• A type of transportation system

• A method of communication in factories

What does mass production refer to?

• Production of goods in small quantities

• Production of goods in large quantities

• Production of goods by hand

• Production of goods in different locations