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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1872 through ________, Carnegie builds an integrated industrial business to become the best-known manufacturer in the world, publishes three books, travels around the world, and becomes a philanthropist with the express intent to give away his fortune.

2. Carnegie forces another _____________ partners out until only Schwab survives, while bringing in "young geniuses" who prove their merit on cost sheets.

3. When Carnegie decides what furnace is more effective, he orders six more to be built immediately.

4. Phipps takes Carnegie's cost-cutting seriously by having who analyze flue and puddle cinders?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Captain Bill Jones' management of labor.

2. What does Carnegie do between 1872 and 1889?

3. What does Phipps suggest to Carnegie? How does Carnegie benefit from this?

4. How is Rockefeller involved in Carnegie's business?

5. What venture is formed between Tom Miller and Carnegie?

6. How does Carnegie rely on the McCallum system?

7. What does Schwab do for the business?

8. Describe Carnegie's replacement of equipment.

9. Carnegie's interest and insistence on cost-cutting leads him into more complex areas of manufacturing detail composition and chemistry. Give an example of this.

10. How does Carnegie benefit from cutting costs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carnegie leaves Pittsburgh for New York City.

Part 1) Why does he decide to make this move? How is this connected to his decisions surrounding his business? How does he benefit from this move and the people he meets upon arriving in New York?

Part 2) Do you believe Carnegie would have been as successful as he was if he had stayed in Pittsburgh? Why or why not? Why was New York City an important place to be at this time? Is New York City as important today? If so, why? If not, why not?

Part 3) In what are you interested? What is the best place to be for this interest? Would you consider moving to this place? Why or why not? How might your life change by making this move?

Essay Topic 2

Woodruff is the cornerstone of Carnegie's fortune.

Part 1) What is Woodruff? How has Carnegie's fortune grown up to this point? How does it become the cornerstone of Carnegie's fortune? How does this then lead to Columbia Oil?

Part 2) What important decisions does he make regarding these two companies that make them the cornerstone of his fortune? How do these companies lead to future growth in his wealth? Does he make a good decision by getting out of the oil business, investing in other businesses and finally ending up in the steel business? Explain.

Part 3) How do the decisions you have made in the past affect you today? How much of an impact will the decisions you make today have on your future? Do you believe that Carnegie's decisions were well-thought out or based on instinct and experience? Use the text to support your decision. Are most of your most influential decisions and actions based on organized plans or on your own instinct and knowledge?

Essay Topic 3

Carnegie works for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Part 1) Describe his time with this railroad company. How is this time significant in his career as a businessman?

Part 2) What are four important things he learns from working for the Pennsylvania Railroad? How are these things useful later in his life?

Part 3) Andrew receives several promotions. Why? How is this success foreshadowed earlier in the book?

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