11th Grade US History EOC Review New Questions with correct answers

Cornelius Vanderbilt - ans --Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - ans --owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - ans --Invented the process to make high-quality steel quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the steel industry in America. Steel was used to build skyscrapers in America's biggest cities. George Pullman - ans --Made the Pullman Railroad Palace Sleeping Car which made him a very wealthy man and increased people traveling by railroads. 1894 Pullman Strike resulted in the death of 34 people. Alexander Graham Bell - ans --He invented the telephone in 1876 and was a pioneer in communication not only for the hearing, but for the deaf and hearing impaired as well. Thomas Edison - ans --the light bulb is his most famous invention, he also invented the phonograph, and the first motion pictures. John D. Rockefeller - ans --owner of Standard Oil, he used Horizontal Integration to control the oil business Standard Oil Trust/Company - ans --What company did the muckraker Ida Tarbell use her skills as a writer and researcher to try and expose as being ruthless? J.P. Morgan - ans --he was a wealthy investment banker - purchased Carnegie Steel and created U.S. Steel. Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour - ans --developed the food processing industry (meat packing) Social Darwinism - ans --Applied Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution and survival of the fittest to Humans. It was used to justify that the captains of industry deserved to