men who built america test

how did rokcefeller gain enormous influence over the railroad inductry

because railroads were needed to ship his oil everywhere

how did vanderbilt start out

born poor, he used his perseverance and intelligence to wrk his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade, and invest in the rapidly growing railroad industry

what is ford the first to do

build an automobile car

what is vanderbilt best known for

building the new york central railroad

what do the big three decide to do about bryan

buy a president they know wont turn on them

how did rockefeller spend his last years

by creating and funding foundations that had a major effect on medicine, education, and scientific research

how did morgan insure that Westinghouse and teslas AC did not take over his and edisons DC

by forcing him to turn over all patents of teslas work or else he was going to sue them knowing that westing house would have enough money to fight it

where did rockefellers empire start

cleveland ohio

what is vanderbils nickname

commodore vanderbilt

who invented electric current

edison

what does morgan ask schwab to do, and what does he tell schwab he will get in return

find out how much carnegie would sell his steel company for, he says schwab can be president of the company

now that morgan has control over both DC and AC, he still wants more profit, how does he achieve doing this

firing a huge chunk of his labor force, and those who were left were forced to work longer hours for less pay

what was standard oil the first of in the US

first great business trust

who is andrew carnegie

founder and chairman of carnegie steel company

what is rockefeller known for

founding and leading the standard oil company

after morgan bought out edison general electric, what did he change the name to

general electric

how did carnegie start his work

he began as a telegrapher and later had investments in railroads, bridges, and oil derricks

what did morgan do when he gained control of teslas patents

he bought the controlling stock in edison general electric and fired edison. he then converted GE into a plant that ran on Teslas AC current

morgan was mad that tesla and westinghouse won niagara contract, what does he do about it

he buys out westinghouse and funds tesla to complete the contract

what does rockefeller decide to do that could potentially hurt carnegie, and how does carnegie respond

he decides to build a steel plant to replace and take over carnegies, carnegie says heck no and they negotiate for months

what is the background of morgan

he grew up in a wealthy family adn was shaped by his con man father. he became an assistant bookkeeper at 16, and by 20 he had bought out his his brothers in a business they had shared

how did rockefeller end up profiting from the company splitting

he had shares in each entity with some shares doubling and tripling in their early years

who is william jennings bryan

he is a strong democratic running for prez office during the time of "the big 3"

what is the agreement carnegie comes up with, does rockefeller agree

he offers to buy all of rockefellers mines in return for rockefeller to leave steel business alone. yes rockefeller agrees

why dont the big 3 like Bryan

he speaks very harshly against them, and concerns them so they decide to join forces against bryan

what does morgan decide he wants to do with carnegies steel company

he wants to completely take over carnegies steel company

who was Andrew Carnegies business partner

henry clay Frick

where was Carnegie's Steel mill

homestead, pittsburg

what is ford sued for stealing

idea of automobile

what else did morgan tell the people would happen if mckiney didnt win

plants would close the next day because they wouldnt be able to remain in business under bryan, therefore many would loose needed jobs

who is roosevelt

politician of ppl, govenor of NY, and later VP to mckinley

how do they help mckinley to look good

pour a good bit of money into his campaign, used newspaper companies they owned to get mckinleys headlines in all articles.

what happened to rockefeller as kerosene and gasoline grew in importance

rockefellers wealth soared and he became the richest person in teh country

who went into the oil refining business with rockefeller

samuel andrews, henry flagner, and his brother william rockefeller

why did rockefeller abolish his partnership of rockefeller, andrews, adn flagler

so he could begin forming his own company, standard oil of ohio

what was the name of the dam that broke

south fork dam

before railroads, what was vanderbilts speciality

steamboats

how was the working conditions at Carnegie's steel mill

terrible and dangerous conditions and extremely low pay

who invented alternating current

tesla

who win niagra falls contract

tesla

what did rockefeller become the first of

the first billionaire in teh US with a fortune of nearl 2 percent of the nations economy

what did rockefeller believe to be the source of his success

the guiding force of religion in his life

what did breaking standard oil end

the monopoly

once carnegie sells it, what does this make carnegie

the richest man in the world

what is rockefeller considered when dealing with wealth

the richest person in modern history

what did the workers decide to do to let their boss know they werent happy and what was it called

they decided to strike, it was called the homestead strike

what did they say about bryan to make him look bad

they painted him as a religious zealot who would impose his religious ideas on americans and that he would shut down businesses

Who invented electricity

thomas edison

what does bryan promise to the people

to be the voice for the poor

what was rockefellers oil used for, what invention put a stop to oils demand, what invention brought back the demand

used for light until the invention of electricity and was needed again when the automobile came around

what is the worlds fair lit by

water power

who invested in tesla's invention

westinghouse

who is running against bryan in the republican side

william mckinley

who is charles schwab

works for carnegie

was henrys patent denied

yes

who was vanderbilts railroad rival

Thomas Scott

what does ford use to make the production of cars faster

assembly line

how many separate entities was standard oil broken into and what are some that are still known today

34, ExxonMobile, Chevron, etc.

what percent of railroads did vanderbilt eentually own

40%

what price does carnegie say he would sell his company for

480 million

at his peak, what percent of all oil in the US did rockefeller control

90%

who is cornelius vanderbilt

an american business magnate who built his wealth in railroads

who is henry ford

an american industrialist and founder of the ford motor company

who did carnegie sell his steel company to and for how much

JP Morgan for 480 million

who leads the panama canal and what does it connect

JP Morgan, it connects atlantic and pacific

who funded edison with the money to further his expanding of electricity

JP morgan

who won the election

Mckinley!!

what does Morgan change the name of carnegie steel to

US steel

was rockefeller for or against electricity and lightbulbs

against

who attemted to assassinate frick

alexander berkman

what did this cause the people to feel

in their heart they wanted bryan to win but if they wanted to keep a job, no matter how miserable it was, it seemed they had no other choice than to vote for mckinley

what did the supreme court rule in 1911 against standard oil

it must be broken into entities because of the anti trust laws

what city did the dam break occur in

johnstown, pennsylvania

how does roosevelt become prez

mckinley gets shot

what agreement had mckinley and morgan made

morgan who do all he could to help mckinley win in exchange for certain concessions on establishing a central banking structure in the future

who is john d rockefeller

oil industry business magnate

when morgan tell carnegie he will buy the company for 480 million, what does carnegie say

okay