Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Harold C. Livesay
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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Harold C. Livesay
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Triumph and Tragedy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The process takes longer than expected, but by 1868 production begins, and expansion is planned in what year?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1882.

2. What railroad focuses capital investments that either increase revenue or reduce unit cost to justify them?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) BNSF.
(c) Union Pacific.
(d) CSX.

3. Relying on the telegraph lets dispatchers control what, with current information and disciplined workers?
(a) Train movement.
(b) Train repairs.
(c) Customer interest.
(d) Customer movement.

4. The partners want Frick to exercise power without Carnegie. Why?
(a) He is more likely to keep wage costs down.
(b) He is more trustworthy than Carnegie.
(c) He is easier to manipulate than Carnegie.
(d) He has good ideas for growth in the company.

5. Frick's chairmanship of the Carnegie Company marks a difficult period in its history starting with what strike in 1892 and a four year depression from 1893.
(a) The Pullman Strike.
(b) UPS Workers Strike.
(c) Postal Worker's Strike.
(d) The Homestead Strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What firms are formed and the Gilded Age develops in New York?

2. Only how many of the original nine partners remain?

3. This approach introduces ______________ into pricing and a methodology for investment planning.

4. Small firms operate iron furnaces to smelt ore into _______ iron.

5. Other operating benefits like reduced inventory and less machine duplication create cost savings to enable __________________at a market-competitive rate.

(see the answer key)

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