Answer the trivia questions below. Remember, this is not graded. There is no need to cheat. . . It actually hurts you to cheat. . . Because I use this to see how well you remembered, how well I taught it to you, and if I need to reteach it to you. :) Have fun!
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Bobbin boy, telegraph messenger boy, assistant to railroad tycoon, businessman & investor, owner of the Carnegie Steel Company, philanthropist
Breaker boy, telegraph operator, railroad tycoon, owner of Carnegie Steel Mill, retired, left his fortune to his family
Power loom worker, pony express rider, railroad tycoon, owner of Carnegie Oil, Newspaper tycoon, Charity organizer for libraries
To stop working in two years so he could help others less fortunate
To become the sole owner of steel production in the U.S.
To get married and start a family
He used the Bessemer process to produce the steel, and kept employee wages low
He owned the largest steel mines in the U.S. so he did not have to pay expensive mine leases
He paid his workers well so that they would produce steel quicker than his competitors employees
The man who bought out Carnegie Steel and made Carnegie one of the richest men in the world
Carnegie's manager at the Homestead Steel Mill that called in Pinkerton Detectives to break up a strike resulting in the deaths of workers
Carnegie's private secretary that handled giving his money away to various charities and educational organizations
The man who bought out Carnegie Steel and made Carnegie one of the richest men in the world
Carnegie's manager at the Homestead Steel Mill that called in Pinkerton Detectives to break up a strike resulting in the deaths of workers
Carnegie's private secretary that handled giving his money away to various charities and educational organizations
Poor working and living conditions, low wages, and long hours
Fair working and living conditions, high wages, but long hours
Good working and living conditions, high wages, and reasonable hours
An inexpensive and quick method of converting iron to steel
It was the way steel was melted and molded to create building supplies
It was the process used by factory managers to break up worker strikes
Because it was a versatile metal and reasonably priced, it could be used to construct rails and buildings
Because factory managers had a system for handling industrial workers, workers did not strike and interfere with industrial growth
Because building supplies were forged in molds using the Bessemer process, more supplies could be sold to people than ever before