1. Railroads link Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast and eventually to the Pacific coast, with the _______________ the best of them all.
(a) CSX Corporation.
(b) Union Pacific.
(c) BNSF Railway Company.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

2. In ___________, Andrew is offered a job by Tom Scott, western division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to be his secretary and personal telegrapher.
(a) 1868.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1862.

3. A typical pattern in the ____________ century is that a community builds up around a few pioneers who leave their homeland and then encourage friends and relatives to join them.
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Seventeenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

4. This old craft is destroyed in _______ years, along with Will Carnegie's job and his town's main source of income.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eighteen.

5. Business transactions at the time take place over what type of communication?
(a) Telegraphic.
(b) Internet.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Success is due to the first president, ________________, and the superintendent of the western division, Tom Scott, who brings Andrew Carnegie into the modern system of train control.

2. Managerial skill level reached over ______________ years exceeds that of the prior five centuries.

3. Relying on the telegraph lets dispatchers control what, with current information and disciplined workers?

4. Andrew's job delivering telegraph messages puts him in touch with whom?

5. Andrew begins to see the railroad industry as an opportunity to regain what?

(see the answer key)

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