Robber Barons
Which robber baron was primarily in the oil industrie?
Rockefeller
Who practiced horizontal consolidation?
Rockefeller
What did Jay Gould try to corner?
The Gold market
what group was displaced?
Native Americans
Who is the first U.S. president?
George Washington
Which robber baron was in the railroad industry?
Vanderbilt
Who reinvested profits back into research and development?
Thomas Edison
What is the purpose of ma-administration?
To make the company look like a monopoly.
What is one major industry not taken into account in this presentation?
Any answer that is reasonable and true.
What’s the biggest English speaking country?
Canada
Who was the robber baron involved in the fraudulent manipulation of contracts for the construction of a portion of America's first Transcontinental Railroad.
Jay Gould
Who played a crucial role in funding industrial expansion and infrastructure development?
JP Morgan
Who did Robber barons indirectly control companies through?
Trustees
What 3 industries were taken into account in the presentatio?
Oil, Railroad, and Steel
What is the most visited site in the world.
Which robber baron used vertical integration?
Carnegie
Which two funded medical research institutions and hospitals?
Carnegie and Rockefeller.
What is Credit Mobilier?
The Crédit Mobilier scandal was a widespread fraudulent manipulation of contracts for the construction of a portion of America's first Transcontinental Railroad conducted from 1864 to 1867 by officials of the Union Pacific Railroad and their fictitious construction company called Crédit Mobilier of America.
What substance may leak out and affect nearby plants and water, leading to water pollution?
Creosote
Which cartoon has around 290 episodes?
SpongeBob
Which robber baron was primarily in the mining industries?
JP Morgan
About how many libraries did Carnegie build around the U.S.
2,500
Who stole between 45 million and 200 million in city funds?
Tammmany Hall
What is one gas released from the air pollution in the steel industry(cannot be CO2)?
nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide
Who has most receiving yards of all time in the NFL?
Jerry Rice