Monopolies Trivia
From Rockefeller's kerosene to Google’s search bar, prove you're the ultimate trust-buster without actually going to jail for price-fixing.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which U.S. president earned the nickname "Trust Buster" for aggressively using the Sherman Antitrust Act to dismantle monopolies like Standard Oil?
Theodore Roosevelt
Rising from a ferry operator to a railroad tycoon, what nautical nickname was given to Gilded Age monopolist Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The Commodore
Protesting the East India Company's trade monopoly in 1773, the Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 chests of imported cargo during what iconic event?
Boston Tea Party
In a landmark 1998 antitrust case, the U.S. government accused which corporation of illegally monopolizing the browser market by bundling Internet Explorer with its operating system?
Microsoft
After selling his steel empire to J.P. Morgan in 1901, Andrew Carnegie famously used his fortune to fund over 2,500 of which public institution?
Libraries