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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. In 1878 Thomas Edison invents what?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The radio.
(c) Natural gas.
(d) The light bulb.
2. The Rockefellers live in Moravia on ninety acres on one of the Finger Lakes, _________________.
(a) Oneida Lake.
(b) Owasco Lake.
(c) Seneca Lake.
(d) Cayuga Lake.
3. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Heat.
(d) Lighting.
4. In August 1868, John D. moves his family to a house on _________ Avenue in an area that is called millionaires' row.
(a) Holgate.
(b) Euclid.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Mercer.
5. Bill works as what, selling cancer cures?
(a) A homeopathic physician.
(b) A traveling medicine man.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) A family physician.
Short Answer Questions
1. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.
2. Rockefeller begins to integrate vertically for what reason?
3. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.
4. As what is Bill known?
5. They dissolve their partnership when and agree to auction the firm to the highest bidder?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between John D. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold.
2. Describe John D.'s life while living on Euclid Avenue.
3. What are the results of Standard Oil becoming more involved in the railroad business?
4. Describe John D.'s success during the Civil War.
5. Describe what Rockefeller does to control those in transport.
6. Describe the formation and beginning of Standard Oil. What problems arise?
7. How does John deal with the turbulent economy of the later part of the nineteenth century?
8. Describe the Rockefeller homes.
9. What does John D. learn while working at Hewitt and Tuttle?
10. Describe Big Bill's marriage to Eliza and their living arrangements for the first part of their marriage.
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