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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. On October 9, 1901 what does Junior do?
(a) He meets Abby.
(b) He graduates from Harvard.
(c) His first child is born.
(d) He marries Abby.

2. The Elkins Act is passed in 1903 with penalties for what?
(a) Pipeline rebates.
(b) Transporting oil.
(c) Railroad rebates.
(d) Refinery rebates.

3. Standard Oil is the kind of trust that Roosevelt wants to do what to?
(a) Understand.
(b) Bust.
(c) Improve.
(d) Create.

4. The President has plans for a new cabinet department that will have what which can investigate the trusts?
(a) A Secret Service.
(b) A Bureau of Corporations.
(c) A Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(d) A Bureau of Detectives.

5. John and Abby buy a new house and begin to spend their summers where?
(a) At Islesford In Maine.
(b) At Swans Island in Maine.
(c) At Mount Desert Island in Maine.
(d) At Great Cranberry in Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In April 1901 a train full of millionaires, dubbed ____________, including Junior, tours the South, touring black colleges, most of which have been financed with money from the North.

2. What does Junior begin to collect?

3. In 1905, the _________________ requests an investigation of the company.

4. In 1902, the President brings an antitrust suit against Northern Securities Company, a holding company of whom?

5. His father purchases the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Junior decides he wants to separate from all businesses but one, his mining business in Colorado?

2. Describe the investigation of Standard Oil by the Bureau of Corporations.

3. Describe the federal antitrust suit filed in Missouri.

4. What happens after the assassination of McKinley?

5. By 1891, what is John D. doing regarding Flagler?

6. What does Senior begin doing with his money in Chapter Thirty-two?

7. What leads and encompasses the Ludlow Massacre?

8. What deaths occur in Chapter Thirty-three?

9. What is public sentiment regarding trusts by the mid-1890s? What happens in 1897?

10. What results from this trip to the south?

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