Question

Match the following options with the appropriate answers.

A. Standard Oil Trust	1. Elias Howe
B. Illegal entry into the USA	2. Andrew Carnegie
C. First steel mill in the USA	3. Samuel Slater
D. Sewing machine	4. John D. Rockefeller

• A. A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
• B. A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
• C. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
• D. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

Answer 1

The correct option is C A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

• The Standard Oil Trust owned by John D. Rockefeller monopolised 90% of the oil industry in the USA and reduced competition.
• Samuel Slater who is known as the 'Father of the American Industrial Revolution' and the 'Father of the American Factory System' entered the USA illegally.
• Andrew Carnegie established the first steel mill for mass production in the USA.
• In 1846, an American, Elias Howe invented the sewing machine to stitch clothes.