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Industrial Giant
Industrialization
Question | Answer |
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The energetic search for wealth led to what three things? | Corrupt business practices, bribery, cutthroat competition, and "combinations in restraint of trade." |
New machinery displaced fully __ percent of the muscular labor formerly required to do a given amount of work in the manufacture of agricultural implements. | 50 |
What machine created a new industry that changed the habits of millions? | The Bonsack cigarette-rolling machine |
The value of railroad properties and equipment in 1890 was about | $8.7 billion |
By 1900 the nation had ______ miles of track. | 193,000 |
What was the most important petroleum product before the invention of the gasoline engine and the automobile? | Kerosene |
Who was the kingpin of the iron and steel industry? | Andrew Carnegie |
In 1870, the fastest growing oil-refining center was? | Cleveland |
Who found the Standard Oil Company of Cleveland? | John D. Rockefeller |
Was the Standard Oil Trust a corporation? | No |