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1 Chapter 16 quiz 1

2 What was NOT a major cause of American industrial growth during the Gilded Age?
Immigration innovative spirit low tariff new sources of power

3 low tariff

4 Why did John D. Rockefeller choose to invest in oil refining rather than one of the other segments of the industry? Refining was a safe investment Competition was minimal Refining requires a small investment Rockefeller knew the most about refining

5 Refining was a safe investment

6 What was the first major trust that became the inspiration for many others?
American Tobacco Company Standard Oil Company United States Steel Corporation American Telephone & Telegraph

7 Standard Oil Company

8 The twin pillars of the “New South” were tobacco and
textiles cotton shipping oil

9 textiles

10 What Christian industrial leader lived by the motto “To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success”? Andrew Carnegie H. J. Heinz John D. Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt

11 H. J. Heinz

12 What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?
Telegraph typewriter telephone automobile

13 telephone

14 What unflattering title describes the industrialists who dominated America at the end of the 19th century?

15 Robber Barons

16 What method did businessmen use to control all segments of an industry, from raw materials to marketing?

17 Vertical Integration

18 ___ Shipping and railroad baron
A) Alexander Graham Bell B) Andrew Carnegie C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ Shipping and railroad baron

19 G) Cornelius Vanderbilt

20 ___ steel giant A) Alexander Graham Bell B) Andrew Carnegie
C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ steel giant

21 B) Andrew Carnegie

22 ___ oil-refining trust A) Alexander Graham Bell B) Andrew Carnegie
C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ oil-refining trust

23 F) John D. Rockefeller

24 ___ financier A) Alexander Graham Bell B) Andrew Carnegie
C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ financier

25 E) J. P. Morgan

26 ___ the South's tobacco baron A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Andrew Carnegie C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ the South's tobacco baron

27 C) James Buchanan Duke

28 ___ invention of the telephone A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Andrew Carnegie C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ invention of the telephone

29 A) Alexander Graham Bell

30 ___ America's most prolific inventor A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Andrew Carnegie C) James Buchanan Duke D) Thomas Alva Edison E) J. P. Morgan F) John D. Rockefeller G) Cornelius Vanderbilt ___ America's most prolific inventor

31 D) Thomas Alva Edison

32 True/False ___ The great numbers of immigrants during the Gilded Age slowed down the expansion of American industry.

33 False

34 True/False ___ Industrialization allowed middle-class Americans to afford quality stylish clothing.

35 True


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