Who are the two people who made fortunes by constructing and running a railroad systems, that helped Philip Armour with his important meat-packing industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and James J. Hill
100
What is the definition for the word Horizontal Combination?
Buying ones competition.
100
What is a skyscraper and who invented the inexpensive steel to help build them?
a tall building, Henry Bessemer.
100
Who invented the phonograph and the eletctric lightbulb?
Thomas Edison.
100
A person who invests in a capital has a limited risk, of _____ for the company's debt? Fill in the blank?
Liability.
200
Who is the person that had an industry/corporation called the standard oil company that uses natural resources?
John D. Rockefeller.
200
What is the word for the definition- a liquid that can be made into a fuel?
Petroleum.
200
What is a large bridge supported by wires or chains attached to tall towers?
Suspension Bridge.
200
What did Ottmar Mergenthaler invent?
Typesetting.
200
What is the famous topic that Horatio Alger wrote about?
"Rags to Riches"
300
What is the persons name who is an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and started a steel company that purified iron was a very strong and flexible?
Andrew Carnegie.
300
What is an Entrepreneur?
A person who starts and operates a business.
300
What is a refinery?
A place where a good is made pure or made into other products.
300
Alexander Graham Bell invented what object in 1876?
The telephone
300
What is the major bridge in the city of New York?
The Brooklyn Bridge
400
Who discovered a method of making iron into steel?
William Kelly
400
Define vertical combination?
A kind of business organization that controls each step in making something.
400
What is something produced in the process of making something else.
a By-product
400
What was the object that helped the computer in a significant way?
A typewriter.
400
Gustavus Swift used what type of railroad carts for his meat-packing transportation?
Refrigerated railroad carts.
500
Who are the two people who one, changed farming in the south, and two, became a teacher and an important leader for african americans.
George Washington Carver, and Booker T. Washington
500
A trust company is a sort of what and give the definition of it?
Monopoly- a corporation that has little competition.
500
The trade that uses scientific knowledge to plan and build objects is what?
engineering
500
When and where was the first "roller coaster" invented
In June 17, 1884, and in New York.
500
Name the three inventors that invented, the elevator, the telephone, the camera?
Elisha Otis-elevator, Alexander Graham Bell-telephone, and George Eastman-camera.