Multiple choice

Which industries did Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller own a monopoly on, respectively?

  1. Steel and Oil

  2. Pig Bellies and Wheat

  3. Iron and Gold

  4. Post Offices and Zeppelins

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Explanation

Andrew Carnegie is famously associated with the expansion of the American steel industry, while John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company and dominated the oil industry. These monopolies were defining features of the Gilded Age economy.