8th Grade - Chapters 5 & 6

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

• He built the first oil refinery and founder of Standard Oil Company.

• John D. Rockefeller was a famous painter.
• John D. Rockefeller was a U.S. President.
• John D. Rockefeller was a renowned scientist.

What are Oil Refineries?

• Oil refineries are facilities clean oil.

• Oil refineries are places where crude oil is stored without processing.
• Oil refineries are facilities that produce renewable energy from solar power.
• Oil refineries are used to extract natural gas from the ground.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

• Andrew Carnegie was a politician in the UK.
• Andrew Carnegie owned all of the steel mills in the US by 1889.

• Andrew Carnegie was a renowned scientist.
• Andrew Carnegie was a famous painter.

What is iron?

• Iron is a non-metallic element found in the atmosphere.
• Iron is a type of alloy used in construction.
• Iron is a very strong material used to make railroad tracks and cars before steel.

• Iron is a rare earth element used in electronics.

Where is oil found?

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Mexico

• Florida

What is Big Business?

• Big Business is a term for government agencies.
• Big Business refers to small local shops.
• Big Business means any business that is open 24/7.
• Big Business when one business owns many

What is steel made from?

• Steel is made from aluminum and zinc.
• Steel is made stronger iron.

• Steel is made from copper and nickel.
• Steel is made from lead and tin.

What business did Andrew Carnegie control?

• Coal mining industry
• Steel industry (Carnegie Steel Company)
• Railroad industry
• Textile industry

How did Rockefeller and Carnegie help people?

• They focused solely on personal wealth accumulation.
• They helped people by donating to education, libraries, and building churches.

• They invested in military technology for warfare.
• They built factories to exploit workers.

Why did Congress write laws to prevent a few companies from owning all of the big businesses?

• To make sure companies did not control all of the steel, oil, and railroads.

• To limit consumer choices in the market.
• To ensure that only large companies can operate.
• To increase government control over businesses.