True or False
Fill in the Blank
This or That
Short Answer
Miscellaneous
100
__________ Petroleum can be made into fuel.
True
100
Andrew ___________________________ combined mining and transportation companies into a vertical combination.
Carnegie
100
Andrew Carnegie decided that iron was not the best material for building (bridges, vertical combination).
bridges
100
A _________________________ is used to take pictures.
camera
100
True or False: __________ James J. Hill encouraged immigrants to settle in the Northwest.
True
200
__________ Kelly and Bessemer developed a method of refining steel.
True
200
Thomas ___________________________ invented a safe, indoor electric lamp.
Edison
200
(Trust, Money) used for investment is called capital.
money
200
In the early years, __________________________ was refined into kerosene.
oil
200
The spread of _____________________________ helped develop the meat-packing industry.
railroads
300
__________ Oil wells pump oil from the ground.
True
300
The first oil well was drilled in ____________________________, Pennsylvania.
Titusville
300
An investor in a (corporation, railroad) has limited liability for the company’s debts.
corporation
300
Many new industries used ______________________ as their labor force.
immigrants
300
A large company owner by many investors is called a ____________________.
corporation
400
__________ Andrew Carnegie was generous with his money.
True
400
Large companies with little ________________________ are called monopolies.
competition
400
(James Hill, John Rockefeller) was known as the “Empire Builder.”
James Hill
400
When it opened in 1883, the _______________________ was the longest bridge in the world.
Brooklyn Bridge
400
Before the Civil War, most businesses were owned by (one or two people, large corporations).
one or two people
500
__________ A vertical combination gets rid of competition by buying it.
False
500
Cornelius Vanderbilt and James ______________________ were leaders in the rail industry.
Hill
500
Henry Ford experimented with the (automobile, fountain pen).
Automobile
500
A ____________________________ is a tall building.
skyscraper
500
The phonograph, elevator, and gasoline-powered car are examples of ________________________.
Inventions
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