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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carnegie meets John Piper in 1856 in order to build _______ bridges, instead of wooden bridges that can be set afire from locomotive sparks and are not cost-effective beyond a certain span and load factor.
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Steel.

2. Carnegie promotes expanding with other Pennsylvania-controlled franchises through Scott and assures construction in his contracting business by bartering Pacific stock for construction costs with ___________ exchange rates.
(a) 3 and 5 to one.
(b) 2 and 4 to one.
(c) 5 and 7 to one.
(d) 3 and 4 to one.

3. Scot Andrew Carnegie became what?
(a) The laziest man in the world.
(b) The most powerful man in the world.
(c) The scariest man in the world.
(d) The richest man in the world.

4. This old craft is destroyed in _______ years, along with Will Carnegie's job and his town's main source of income.
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eight.

5. Railroad ______________ run the trains, maintain rolling stock and track, price and collect charges for service on passenger and freight trains running in both directions to meet demand.
(a) Executives.
(b) Managers.
(c) Stockholders.
(d) Employees.

Short Answer Questions

1. The business is _______________ with conductors and station agents collecting millions in small coin revenue.

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

3. Why does Pullman gives Carnegie enough Pennsylvania stock to collateralize a $600,000 loan?

4. In ___________, Andrew is offered a job by Tom Scott, western division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to be his secretary and personal telegrapher.

5. What does Andrew dislike about the oil business that seems beyond control of management until the 1880s and Rockefeller?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterizes America? To what does this refer?

2. Describe Carnegie's rise in business by 1865.

3. Describe the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1865.

4. What happens on July 15, 1848?

5. What does Carnegie do when Pacific dividend payments stop?

6. How does Andrew benefit from his work delivering telegraph messages?

7. Give an example of when Carnegie meets railroad's customers and initiates control of division operations when needed.

8. What does Carnegie do in Europe?

9. How is Pittsburgh important at this time?

10. Describe Carnegie's investment in Keystone Bridge Company.

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