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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a result of this trip, Rockefeller funds _________________ which receives a perpetual federal charter for the promotion of education regardless of race, sex or creed.
(a) The Generous Educating board.
(b) The Great Education board.
(c) The General Education board.
(d) The George Edmunds board.

2. Their Forest Hills home is once what?
(a) A church.
(b) A bed and breakfast.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A school.

3. In 1864, John D. marries Laura Celestia Spelman, called Cettie. Where did he first meet her?
(a) Grammar school.
(b) Church.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

4. What does the news of the fine cause?
(a) A stock market slump and bank panics.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) Mass hysteria.
(d) A rise in the stock market.

5. Junior enters Brown University in what year?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1888.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sherman Antitrust legislation is introduced in Congress by Senator John Sherman of Ohio in ___________.

2. What helps John D. in his business life?

3. John D. is able to negotiate good rates on the railroads for what reason?

4. The nation suffers the most severe depression ever in June of what year?

5. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.

(see the answer key)

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