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Industrialization and the Gilded Age — Test

Question 22 • US History and Geography

Which of these men created a monopoly in the oil industry?

Answer
A
J. P. Morgan
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Henry Ford
D
Andrew Carnegie

Explanation

John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil into a dominant company that controlled much of the oil industry and became known as a monopoly. J. P. Morgan was associated mainly with banking and finance, while Andrew Carnegie dominated steel and Henry Ford led automobile manufacturing.

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