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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business Quiz

Harold C. Livesay
This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business.

Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business Quiz

Harold C. Livesay
This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business.

Take our free Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The 1878 Thomas process of lime-lining the heating vessel to eliminate phosphorous is acquired by Carnegie and sold to who two years later? (from The Master Manager: Costs, Chemistry, and Coke)

2.

By 1892, Carnegie is in ______________ and leaves labor issues to Frick. (from Triumph and Tragedy)

3.

From 1867 through 1872, Andrew Carnegie joins the expansion trend by manipulating what stock to promote $30 million in stocks and bonds in Europe? (from The Master Moneyman: A Fortune in Paper)

4.

Phipps and Frick find a buyer in April 1899, who offers to buy Carnegie Steel and Frick Coke for $250 and $70 million respectively, which would pay Carnegie an acceptable $157 million with $57 million in cash. When Carnegie asks the name of the buyer, Phipps and Frick as agents claim what? (from The Climb Ends)

5.

Carnegie eliminates the costly fire insurance on his wooden buildings by replacing them with what? (from The Master Manager: Costs, Chemistry, and Coke)

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