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What were the contributions of industrialists like Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and
John Rockefeller? their innovations/businesses helped the US become a world industrial
power; their donations to learning and the arts encouraged the building of museums and
universities; their poor treatment of workers led to protests and the formation of labor unions
Which individuals founded Standard Oil Trust, which dominated the oil refining industry in the
late nineteenth century? John D. Rockefeller
What factors were responsible for the growth of cities? industrial factories could hire
more people and the long hours made it important to live close to the factories; surpluses in food
allowed the population to grow; the Agricultural Revolution made it so less labor was needed on
farms, creating an abundance of factories
The _____ made farming more efficient, meaning that less people were needed to work on farms.
This created an abundance of workers who could work in factories, leading to the success of the
______. Agricultural Revolution/Industrial Revolution