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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Scott and Thomson hold stock in Carnegie's name for what reason?
2. In 1863, his investments pay $45,460 and by 1868, he receives __________ per year for an investment of $817 that he borrows to make.
3. Who was the founder of Intel and Liz Claibourne?
4. He forms an informal investing ____________ with Thomson and Scott.
5. Coleman wants to raise the price of oil by doing what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1865.
2. Who are Roberto Goizuetta and Any Grove?
3. The partners pledge an investment to be made in installments paid when due or by the company as credit for dividends payable on the whole investment. Give an example of this pledge in action.
4. What happens on July 15, 1848?
5. How does Andrew benefit from his work delivering telegraph messages?
6. Describe Carnegie's rise in business by 1865.
7. Describe Carnegie's investment in Keystone Bridge Company.
8. What does Daniel McCallum offer those in management?
9. What are the jobs of the railroad managers?
10. What characterizes America? To what does this refer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After Carnegie's apprenticeship ends at the Pennsylvania Railroad, he is ready to move on.
Part 1) Why does he decide it is time to move on? Is this a good decision? Why or why not? To where does he move on? Why?
Part 2) How does this move change his life? Do you believe he would have been successful if he had stayed at the Pennsylvania Railroad? Why or why not?
Part 3 ) Describe a time when you have realized it was time for a change. How did you know? How did you go about this change? What were the end results?
Essay Topic 2
The start of ET coincides with the Panic of 1873.
Part 1) What is ET? Why is it significant that the start of ET coincides with this panic? How does this affect Carnegie, his partners, and the investors?
Part 2) How does Carnegie deal with this panic? What decisions does he make? How much of an impact do these decisions have on his company? What do his decisions and actions reveal and reinforce about him?
Part 3) How would you have reacted if you had lived during the Panic of 1873? Would you have been as clear-headed and forward-thinking at Carnegie? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Carnegie invests in the Keystone Bridge Company.
Part 1) What is the Keystone Bridge Company? How is this investment significant? What investments and decisions lead up to this investment?
Part 2) Why might a company such as the Keystone Bridge Company be so important at this time? What connection does this company have with railroads and the telegraph?
Part 3) If Carnegie were alive today, in what types of companies might he invest? Why? If you were to invest in a company, which one would it be? Why?
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