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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. The government wins its antitrust case against Standard oil of New Jersey which is ordered to divest itself of its subsidiaries. The Supreme Court upholds the verdict on May 15, 1911, giving the trust six months to divest. What does the divestiture do to Rockefeller?
(a) It weakens him.
(b) It makes him now only the fifth wealthiest man in the world.
(c) It destroys him.
(d) It makes him even richer.

2. There are eight hundred _____________________ by 1910 as a result of the efforts of the GEB.
(a) New black Southern grade schools.
(b) New black Southern private schools.
(c) New black Southern colleges.
(d) New black Southern high schools.

3. After the assassination of McKinley, who becomes President?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

4. Rockefeller is continually besieged with requests for what?
(a) Money.
(b) Help.
(c) Advice.
(d) Friendship.

5. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?
(a) 1917 and 1922.
(b) 1917 and 1919.
(c) 1917 and 1918.
(d) 1917 and 1920.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Morgan Theological Seminary is transferred to the new university and Harper is its president. It opens on October 1, ________.

3. He agrees to Harper's plan to establish a university in what city?

4. During a strike, the miners are evicted from their company homes and live where?

5. Junior separates himself from all businesses but one. What business is this?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the federal antitrust suit filed in Missouri.

3. What leads and encompasses the Ludlow Massacre?

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

5. What complications exist regarding Cettie's death?

6. What is the Elkins Act? What is the purpose of a new cabinet department with a Bureau of Corporations? How does Standard Oil feel about this bureau?

7. What happens regarding a shift in the limelight from Senior to Junior?

8. Describe the Rockefeller family's involvement in banking.

9. Describe the Millionaire's Special.

10. Describe the dealings between J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.

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