'Captains of Industry'
Shady Business
North Carolina Industrialized #1
North Carolina Industrialized #2
Key Words
100
He was an oil tycoon who tried to monopolize the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
100
Who were the journalists who exposed bad working conditions and practices?
Muckrakers
100
What mode of transportation helped industrialize North Carolina?
Railroads
100
Who became famous for mass producing tobacco products (late 1800s) and building dams across the Catawba River (early 1900s)?
James B. Duke
100
________________ was the connection of railways from the East to West Coast of the U.S.
Transcontinental Railroad
200
He was a banker who paid off the national debt and merged companies (GE)?
JP Morgan
200
In order to 'monopolize' a product, a company would likely set up ______________ in order to eliminate the competition.
Trusts
200
What schools in the late 1800s trained teachers?
Normal Schools
200
What type of power did these dams generate?
hydroelectric power
200
Henry Ford used ______________ to mass produce automobiles.
assembly lines
300
He was famous for mass producing steel and generosity?
Andrew Carnegie
300
Which U.S. president pushed to clean up bad working conditions and 'busting trusts'?
Teddy Roosevelt
300
The Wright Brothers became the first to do this in North Carolina....
Successfully fly an airplane
300
Name two universities that grew in North Carolina because of industry.
Choices: Duke University, NC State, UNC-G, Davidson College, Winston-Salem State University, Wake Forest University
300
Which of the following came first: _____________, telephone, smart phone
Telegraph
400
This millionaire made his fortune investing in steamboats and trains?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
_________________ and the Haymarket Affair were major examples of factory workers striking back against the big bosses.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
400
Who was known as the “Education Governor” of North Carolina?
Charles B. Aycock
400
Where did the Wright Brothers engineer their first flight in North Carolina?
Kittyhawk
400
_______________ is exclusive control of a resource (commodity) or service.
Monopoly
500
The Biltmore Mansion was designed by one of the 'captain's' grandsons. Which grandson was this?
George W. Vanderbilt
500
____________ was Pres. Roosevelt's and the U.S. government's attempt at improving inspections of food and adding labels.
Pure Food and Drug Act
500
What type of tobacco became more grown and mass produced in the late 1800s?
Bright-Leaf Tobacco
500
What were the communities around textile or cotton mills called (where workers lived)?
Mill Villages
500
______________ means generous donations from wealthy people in order to make something or someone better.
Philanthropy
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