1. In 1886, a group of national trade unions formed the _____.
b. American Federation of Labor.
2. Who was the steel company owner who built his company through vertical integration?
c. Andrew Carnegie
3. John D. Rockefeller built his oil empire by creating _____.
b. a monopoly
4. What term became associated with the late 1800s to suggest both the extravagant wealth of the period and the terrible poverty that lay underneath?
a. Gilded Age
5. Which of the following statements does NOT describe what life was like for immigrants to the U.S during the late 1800s?
d. immigrants in this period quickly began to earn high wages equal to those earned by wealthier Americans.
1 answer
All are correct.