Exam 3

Question 1

In the Age of Invention, America became ‘The’…
a. Industrial Power
b. Steel capital of the World
c. Petroleum capital
d. Agricultural power

Answer 1

a. Industrial Power

Question 2

True or False: America had a higher tolerance for Change and Risk

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How many times did Edwin “Colonel” Drake have to try before he found petroleum?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 3
d. 15

Answer 3

c. 3

Question 4

How many Patents were made from 1790-1860?

Answer 4

36,000

Question 5

How many Patents were made from 1860-1890?

Answer 5

400,000

Question 6

What is the most important thing about corporations?

Answer 6

Personal liability protection

Question 7

True or false: Patents last forever

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True or false: George Westinghouse only worked alone

Answer 8

false

Question 9

Who created the Pneumatic breaking system?
a. Edwin Drake
b. Lewis H Latimer
c. Thomas A Edison
d. George Westinghouse

Answer 9

d. George Westinghouse

Question 10

Thomas Edison did NOT create which of the following?
a. Light Bulb
b. Movie Camera
c. Mimeograph
d. Microphone

Answer 10

a. Light Bulb

Question 11

True or False: Lewis Latimer created the Lightbulb.

Answer 11

False. He drew up plans sent to patent office.

Question 12

True or false: Technology changed but human nature does not.

Answer 12

True.

Question 13

Who created the refrigerated boxcar?
a. Philip Armour
b. Gail Bordon
c. Andrew Carnegie
d. Gustavus Swift

Answer 13

d. Gustavus Swift

Question 14

True or False: Philip Armour came up with the business system for meat companies

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What of the following is FALSE about Gail Bordon’s Tinned Foods.
a. Year round supply of all products
b. Rise in food-born diseases
c. Better varied nutrition
d. Was able to can milk

Answer 15

b. Rise in food-born diseases

Question 16

True or False: More meat equals more muscle

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What of the following is FALSE about Robber Barons?
a. Ruthless
b. Lazy
c. Visionaries
d. Efficiency obsessed

Answer 17

b. Lazy

Question 18

Andrew Carnegie was a _____ imigrant.
a. Scottish
b. Irish
c. German
d. Dutch

Answer 18

a. Scottish

Question 19

True or false: Henry Clay was ruthless but Carnegie was not

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Who’s Company was only Vertical Integration (they owned all the steps)
a. J.P Morgan
b. J.D. Rockefeller
c. Cornelius Vanderbilt
d. Andrew Carnegie

Answer 20

d. Andrew Carnegie

Question 21

Who’s Company was only Horizontal Integration (they owned all the factories)
a. J.P Morgan
b. J.D. Rockefeller
c. Cornelius Vanderbilt
d. Andrew Carnegie

Answer 21

c. Cornelius Vanderbilt

Question 22

Who’s Company was both Horizontal and Vertical Integration (they owned all the steps and factories)
a. J.P Morgan
b. J.D. Rockefeller
c. Cornelius Vanderbilt
d. Andrew Carnegie

Answer 22

b. J.D. Rockefeller

Question 23

True or False: J.P Rockefeller used his monopoly to raise the price of oil

Answer 23

False

Question 24

True or False: ‘Big’ = Bad in America

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False: Americans don't like trusts (which are like cartels)

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Who came up with 'Rags to Riches' and 'PLUCK' a. William Shakespeare b. Steve Erwin c. Horatio Alger d. John Orwell

Answer 26

c. Horatio Alger

Question 27

True or False: Americans fear 'Multi-generational aristocracy of wealth'

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or False: nature picks whether you are poor or rich. it has nothing to do with you.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

True or False: Carnegie made 'Carnegie Hall' free for the poor

Answer 29

False

Question 30

True or False: The Molly Maguire's were peaceful

Answer 30

FALSE!

Question 31

True or False: When the market cycles downward it causes people to panic

Answer 31

true

Question 32

The Molly Maguire's wrote notes called____ to workers to intimidate them into joining the. a. coffin notice b. death notice c. blood notice d. iron notice

Answer 32

a. coffin notice

Question 33

True or false: Steel is stronger than Iron

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or false: The Knights of Labor invited everyone into their organization.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

True or false: An anarchist through a bomb into the crowd during a Knights of Labor riot

Answer 35

True

Question 36

True or false: The Knights of labor later rebranded to The American Federation of labor and they only allowed Skilled white people

Answer 36

True

Question 37

The shift to modern America was a. 1600- 1720 b. 1880- 1920 c.1750- 1860 d. 1920- 1990

Answer 37

b. 1880- 1920

Question 38

The 'Outsourced' Farmers declined from a. 95%- 5% b. 70%- 17% c. 50%- 5% d. 70%- 7%

Answer 38

d. 70%- 7%

Question 39

True or false: food, deprivation, hard work, or disease, often leads to stunted growth

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Who came up with the expression, gilded age? a. Mathew Livingston b. Strive Erwin c. Samuel Clemmens. d. John D Rockefeller

Answer 40

C. Samuel Clemmons.