USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Andrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbiltJohn D. RockefellerWhich title best describes these three men?
A
Leaders of unions
B
Politicians
C
Captains of industry
D
Inventors
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Similarities between rockefeller and carnegie. Some similarities between JDR and AC were they were both multi-millionaires, they were philanthropists (people who donated monye to charities/foundations) and they had inspired many businessman to follow their tactics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some 19th-century industrialists who were called “captains of industry” overlap with those called “robber barons”. These include people such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Leland Stanford and John D. Rockefeller.

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