USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Match each of the industrial moguls with his correct field of enterprise:a-Andrew Carnegieb-John D. Rockefellerc-J.P. Morgand-Cornelius Vanderbilt1-banking2-oil3-steel4-railroads
A
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B
a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
C
a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D
a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were two of the most noteworthy entrepreneurs in US History during the Industrialization era. Each of them had their own particular manners of keeping their organizations on top and prevailing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many so-called robber barons-James J. Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller-became wealthy entrepreneurs through product innovation and business efficiency.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into the richest man in the world. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835.

Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to funding libraries, he paid for thousands of church organs in the United States and around the world. Carnegie’s wealth helped to establish numerous colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations and associations in his adopted country and many others.

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