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THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA FINALTEST ANSWERS
Who iiis iithe iipresident iithat iiwas iiassassinated iishortly iiafter iithe iiCivil iiWar iiended? ii-
ii✔✔B. iiAbraham iiLincoln
Vanderbilt iisold iihis iiexisting iiholdings iiand iiinvested iihis iifortune iiinto ii. ii. ii. ii- ii✔✔A.
iirailroads
When iithe iileaders iiof iiother iirailroads iiwere iitrying iito iisell iioff iitheir iishares, iiwhat iidid
iiVanderbilt iido? ii- ii✔✔C. iiBuy iias iimany iiof iithose iishares iias iihe iican
What iidid iiVanderbilt iibuild ii. ii. ii. iia iiplace iiwhere iithe iitracks iiof iiseveral iimajor iirailroads
iiconnected? ii- ii✔✔C. iiGrand iiCentral iiDepot
What iidid iiVanderbilt iidecide iito iiship iiin iiorder iito iikeep iihis iitrains iifull? ii- ii✔✔A. iiOil
Kerosene iiwas iiused iiat iithis iitime iimostly iifor ii. ii. ii. ii- ii✔✔A. iiLighting
What iidid iiRockefeller iipromise iito iido iifor iiVanderbilt? ii- ii✔✔A. iiFill iiup iihis iitrains iiwith
iishipments iiof iioil
What iiproblem iidid iiRockefeller iiface iiafter iihe iimade iia iideal iiwith iiVanderbilt? ii- ii✔✔A.
iiHe iididn't iihave iienough iioil iito iifill iiVanderbilt's iitrains
According iito iiRockefeller, iiwhat iidid iibusinessmen iido iiwith iioil? ii- ii✔✔D. iirefine iiit
What iidid iiRockefeller iiname iihis iicompany? ii- ii✔✔B. iiStandard iiOil
As iiRockefeller's iicompany iibecame iimore iisuccessful, iiwhat iinew iiproblem iidid iihe
iiface? ii- ii✔✔A. iiHe iiwas iiproducing iimore iioil iithan iicould iifit iiin iiVanderbilt's iitrains
By iithe iitime iihe iiwas iifinished, iiRockefeller iicontrolled ii. ii. ii. iiof iithe iiNorth iiAmerican iioil
iisupply. ii- ii✔✔D. ii90%
Most iiof iithe iioil iifields iisupplying iiRockefeller's iirefineries iiwere iilocated iiin ii. ii. ii. ii- ii✔✔A.
iiOhio iiand iiPennsylvania
Which iiphrase iisummarizes iiRockefeller's iipersonal iibeliefs iiabout iibusiness? ii- ii✔✔D.
ii"Survival iiof iithe iifittest"
, Whose iibusiness iiis iiattacked iiby iiangry iiworkers iireacting iito iithe iifact iithat iithe
iiRockefeller's iiactions iihave iithrown iithem iiout iiof iitheir iijobs? ii- ii✔✔A. iiTom iiScott's
What iiriver iidoes iiScott iiwant iito iibuild iia iibridge iiacross ii. ii. ii. iia iibridge iithat iiwill
iiconnect iithe iination iitogether iilike iinever iibefore? ii- ii✔✔D. iiMississippi
What iiare iithe iireasons iito iiavoid iiusing iisteel iiin iithe iibridge? ii- ii✔✔A. iiIt's iiexpensive
iiand iidifficult iito iiproduce iiin iilarge iiquantities.
Henry iiBessemer's iiimproved iiprocess iifor iimaking iisteel iidecreases iithe iitime iineeded
iito iiproduce iia iisingle iirail iifrom iitwo iiweeks iito ii. ii. ii. ii- ii✔✔D. ii15 iiminutes
Besides iidelays, iiwhat iiother iiserious iiproblem iiplagued iiCarnegie iias iihe iitried iito
iicompete iithe iibridge iiproject? ii- ii✔✔A. iiPaying iithe iibills iifor iiall iithe iisteel iihe iiwas
iibuying
What iiis iithe iiname iiof iithe iibridge iithat iiCarnegie iiis iibuilding? ii- ii✔✔B. iiThe iiSt. iiLouis
iiBridge
Who iidoes iiCarnegie iiblame iifor iithe iideath iiof iihis iimentor? ii- ii✔✔A. iiRockefeller
Where iiwas iithe iifirst iiskyscraper iibuilt? ii- ii✔✔A. iiChicago
In iijust iitwo iiyears iiafter iihiring iia iibusiness iipartners, iiCarnegie's iiprofits iihave iidoubled.
iiWhat iidid iihe iiand iihis iipartner iido iiwith iimuch iiof iithe iiextra iimoney? ii- ii✔✔A. iiBuy iiout
iitheir iicompetitors.
As ii1890 iiapproaches, iiCarnegie iiSteel iiis iimore iiprofitable iithat iiever. iiWhat iidid
iiCarnegie iido iiwith iihis iibusiness iipartner iias iia iiresult? ii- ii✔✔D. iiMake iihim iichairman
iiof iithe iicompany.
Who iiwas iiresponsible iifor iithe iicreation iiof iithe iiSouth iiFork iiFishing iiand iiHunting
iiClub? ii- ii✔✔C. iiCarnegie iiand iiFrick
Which iiof iithe iifollowing iithe iionly iiman-made iidisaster iiin iiAmerican iihistory iithat
iiexceeded iithe iiJohnstown iiflood iiin iiits iideath iitoll? ii- ii✔✔C. ii9/11
Carnegie iialso iifunded iithe iiconstruction iiof iiCarnegie iiHall. iiWhat iiis iiCarnegie iihall
iimostly iiused iifor? ii- ii✔✔D. iiIt's iia iimusic iihall iithat iihosts iiperforming iiarts iievents.
During iithe iiera, iiwhat iibecame iithe iiproduct iiof iichoice iifor iithe iiconstruction iiof iilarge
iibuildings? ii- ii✔✔D. iiSteel
What iiis iione iiof iithe iigreatest iiexpenses iiinvolved iiin iirunning iia iisteel iifactory? ii- ii✔✔C.
iiLabor iicosts
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