Robber Barons
This is where there is sole corporate control over an industry.
What is a monopoly?
This is the process by which people being to move to large cities.
What is urbanization?
What was the Gilded Age?
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This was a sport that Vanderbilt was involved in
(Bare knuckle) boxing
The exchange of money for favors.
What is bribery/corruption?
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This was used to make steel faster and cheaper.
Bessemer Process
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This period following the Civil War led to the Gilded Age.
What is Reconstruction?
WOMENS SUFFRAGE. TAKE 200 OFF ANOTHER TEAM.
Who was the most prevalent womens suffrage activists in the US?
Susan B. Anthony
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Cornelius Vanderbilt helped fund this building.
Grand Central Station
When a company controls different stages of making a product, eliminating middlemen
Vertical Integration
Daily Double
This early industrial invention helped power machines.
What is the steam engine?
This robber baron founded US Steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
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Vanderbilt was from what city in NY?
Staten Island
Andrew Carnegie helped found ~2500 libraries in this state.
What is New York?
This state had a gold rush in 1849.
This robber baron, nicknamed "the Commodore", built lots of railroads and founded an eponymous university in Tennessee.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
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Who was richer in todays money? Carnegie or Vanderbilt?
Carnegie
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This robber baron gave funds to found the University of Chicago.
Who is John D Rockefeller?
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Who gave away more money? Carnegie or Vanderbilt?
Carnegie
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How many years after England did US women get the right to vote?
1918->1920
2 years.