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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frick's first acquisition is _____________, which is the most modern steel mill and keeps the Carnegie Company at the forefront.
(a) Factory Steel.
(b) Duquesne Steel.
(c) U.S. Steel.
(d) NESSteel.

2. Carnegie forms an enterprise to manufacture Bessemer steel as he changes from ________________.
(a) Entrepreneur to capitalist.
(b) Capitalist to entrepreneur.
(c) Capitalist to socialist.
(d) Socialist to capitalist.

3. Tom Miller is a _________ man who forms joint ventures with Carnegie in several small investments. They form Freedom Iron Company of Lewiston Pennsylvania in 1861 that Carnegie restructures into Freedom Iron and Steel to retool for the Bessemer process in 1866.
(a) Railroad.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Technology.
(d) Automobile.

4. Carnegie's labor guidelines and Captain Bill's implementation works well until 1889 when what happens to Bill?
(a) He is accused of causing a blast furnace explosion.
(b) He causes a blast furnace explosion.
(c) He is injured in a blast furnace explosion.
(d) He is killed in a blast furnace explosion.

5. Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads each have ________ thousand employees trained into a disciplined workforce.
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1892, Carnegie is in ______________ and leaves labor issues to Frick.

2. The process takes longer than expected, but by 1868 production begins, and expansion is planned in what year?

3. Success is due to the first president, ________________, and the superintendent of the western division, Tom Scott, who brings Andrew Carnegie into the modern system of train control.

4. Carnegie works ___________ years at the Pennsylvania Railroad while he develops managerial skill, economic principles and personal relationships to become a successful manager, capitalist and entrepreneur.

5. Historically, management of the Carnegie companies resulted in _____ labor difficulties before the Homestead strike.

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