Gilded Age

He used BOTH horizontal and vertical integration to make money. By 1899 he owned 90% of the oil in America.

Vertical integration means you buy out all your competitors.

Who is responsible for the creation of the telegraph and creation of its code?

Who created the first alternating current (AC) electric motor and supported the construction of AC power plants?

Horizontal integration is when a company

The Grange Movement and the formation of the Populist Party were similar because they both

Who created our modern oil drilling technique in PA in 1859?

Socialists believe that

Who was the NY Tammany Hall politician known for his 'honest & dishonest graft'?

Revolutionizing communitcation- who created the telephone?

Who invented the air brake which improved the safety of trains by allowing them to stop quicker?

Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) & Sherman AntiTrust Act (1890) in response to

In this type of economy, the government owns all the business and all the profit goes to the government or its leaders.

Who RESDESIGNED the Bessemer process which turned iron into steel?

He was not a typical Gilded Age politican-he was honest. He was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms

Who designed the Brooklyn Bridge and was lucky enough to have their family take over the project after their death?

Who is responsible for the creation of the electric light bulb and had over 1,000 patents in his name when he died

In the late 1800s, a large labor supply, natural resources, and construction of railroads contributed most directly to

Which "hands off" policy allowed businesses to run with little to no regulation by the U.S. government?

In this type of economy, individuals own businesses and compete to earn profits.

In the late 1800s the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they

Throughout the late 1800s & early 1900s most Americans blamed monopolies for which of the following problems

The Bessemer Process was a new method for turning iron into steel by burning off the impurities with hot air.

He was a corrupt leader of Tammany Hall in NYC and stole $200 million from the city treasury.

A Captain of Industry is an ultra rich and ruthless businessman who is competitive and engages in questionable tactics

Which of these drove the Second Industrial Revolution?

Who is credited with the invention of the telephone in 1875?