CHAPTER 16 QUIZ 1

What was NOT a major cause of American industrial growth during the Gilded Age?

Immigration

innovative spirit

low tariff

new sources of power

low tariff

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

Refining was a safe investment

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

Standard Oil Company

The twin pillars of the “New South” were tobacco and

textiles

cotton

shipping

oil

textiles

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

H. J. Heinz

What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?

Telegraph

typewriter

telephone

automobile

telephone

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

Robber Barons

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

Vertical Integration

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

G) Cornelius Vanderbilt

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

B) Andrew Carnegie

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

F) John D. Rockefeller

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

E) J. P. Morgan

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

C) James Buchanan Duke

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

A) Alexander Graham Bell

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

D) Thomas Alva Edison

True/False

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

False

True/False

___ Industrialization allowed middle-class Americans to afford quality stylish clothing.

True