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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Builder: A Structure of Steel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andrew's job delivering telegraph messages puts him in touch with whom?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Many irate individuals.
(c) Business producers on their way to national prominence.
(d) People of varying races.

2. Carnegie buys his stock in Pullman selling shares in Central to other stockholders by not using what?
(a) Manipulation.
(b) The money of others.
(c) His connections.
(d) Any of his own money.

3. In 1863, his investments pay $45,460 and by 1868, he receives __________ per year for an investment of $817 that he borrows to make.
(a) $5,610.
(b) $561.
(c) $56,110.
(d) $561,100.

4. The mill site is strategically situated _______________ where the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio railroad and river transportation system is readily available, nearby the coal fields.
(a) At the Allegheny.
(b) At the Monongahela.
(c) At the Ohio River.
(d) At the Potomac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Railroads need huge amounts of what to construct track and more as they expand?

2. Carnegie sells Central patents for ____________ to Pullman and they exchange shares for no money to form the new company.

3. The industrial economy is crippled with some __________________ firms failing over six years.

4. Carnegie's first installment on his one-eighth interest in Woodruff is $217.50 borrowed from the bank. The balance is paid by dividends in the venture's ________ year.

5. Margaret Carnegie's sister precedes her move to America and Annie Aitken provides them what?

(see the answer key)

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