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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are _________________ during the post civil War period.
(a) Fortunes to be lost.
(b) Debts to settle.
(c) Fortunes to be made.
(d) Slaves to set free.

2. In what year does the economy enter into a downturn that lasts for six years?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1873.

3. By the mid-1890s, public sentiment is to do what, regarding trusts?
(a) Create more trusts.
(b) Create smaller trusts.
(c) Curtail the trusts.
(d) Combine the trusts.

4. Does Standard Oil remain silent throughout the series?
(a) Only at the end of the series.
(b) No.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Yes.

5. John D. is able to negotiate good rates on the railroads for what reason?
(a) He has many friends in the railroad industry.
(b) Many of the railroad owners are Standard Oil stockholders.
(c) Many of the railroad owners owe him favors.
(d) He has worked in the railroad industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to their distance from the region mentioned in #49, what did Cleveland refineries face?

2. Reverend Augustus H. Strong wants Rockefeller to finance what in New York?

3. Their Forest Hills home is once what?

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

5. Unlike John D., William is active in what?

(see the answer key)

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