1. Trusts and Monopolies
Objective: The student will explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business. The student will also identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies.
Essential Question: How did Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company contribute to the rise of monopolies?
Vocabulary: John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil Company, Trusts, Monopolies

2. Impact of Railroads Increased migration to the West
Led to rise of Big Business
Increased demand for other industries (like steel, for example)

3. Jay Gould wealthy businessman
purchased the Union Pacific Railroad in 1874
bought up smaller railroads and took control of railroads east of Mississippi River

4. Cornelius Vanderbilt A wealthy businessman
gained control of the east railway lines from Chicago to New York

5. Andrew Carnegie “rags to riches” mogul Dominated steel industry
Steel was used for machinery in industry and tracks and engines for railroads

6. J.P. Morgan Banker that headed the United States Steel
A monopoly set up by a holding company
a corporation that did nothing but buy out stock of other companies

7. JP Morgan
United States Steel became one of the most successful holding companies
Became the world’s largest business when it bought the largest manufacturer, Carnegie Steel in 1901

8. John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Company
Bought out small refineries until he controlled oil industry and market
Established the nation’s first trust that controlled every aspect of the oil industry

9. John D. Rockefeller
By 1882 established the nations first trust that controlled every aspect of the oil industry (vertical integration)
Examples
owned the forests used to produce the wood for the oil barrels
Owned the pipeline the oil flowed from
Used to destroy competition and create a monopoly

10. Rise of Trusts and Monopolies
By the end of the 1800s, trusts controlled oil, steel, railroad, sugar and meat industries
By 1900, about 30% of all industries were controlled by a handful of wealthy robber barons