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Gilded Age industrialist, the owner of the Carnegie Steel Company, and a major philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
This man is the best robber baron because he gave millions to libraries while cutting worker's wages
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This man founded the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This man invented electric power by alternating current
who is Nicolas Tesla?
This law broke up John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
What is The Sherman Antitrust Act?
The transcontinental railroad was approved by this president
who is Abraham Lincoln
were captains of industry that used unscrupulous business practices to use capitalism to create great empires.
robber barons
this man founded the steel company
who is Andrew Carnegie
This man invented the telephone
who is Alexander Graham Bell
Women became a great part of the industrial labor force in post-Civil War America for this reason.
Working-class families needed more than one income to survive.
He sought to protect African-American rights, end slavery and prosecute the Klu Klux Klan.
who is Ulysses S Grant
This Railroad king came up with the idea of robber barons
who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
He was the banker that bought Carnegie Steel for $400 Million, a record at that time.
Who is J.P Morgan?
George Eastman invented this device that takes photographs
What is the camera?
Iron ore, running water, lumber and oil count as this factor of production.
What is land? (Natural Resources also OK)
This President (1901-09) is known as "The Trustbuster," as he fought the power of monopolies .
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
He was a ruthless robber baron who pressured his customers not to use his rivals, got rebates from railroads, and undercut competitors.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
this man built the railroads
who is Vanderbilt
Long hours, low play, dangerous working conditions is why this practive eventually became illegal in the US .
What is child Labor?
He was Carnegie's manager at the Homestead plant
who is Henry Frick
True or False: "robber barons" is a negative term
true
This man invented electric power by direct current,
who is Thomas Edison?
Charles Pearson invented this underground form of rail transport that contributed to urbanization.
What is the subway?
Sam Gompers organized a "union of unions" with this organization in 1886.
What is the American Federation of Labor (or AFL)?