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Home Single #1 – A system of Home Single #1 – A system of connected railroad lines is connected railroad lines is a…?a…?

network*

consolidation*

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Home Single #2 –The railroad Home Single #2 –The railroad companies created how many companies created how many standard time zones to standard time zones to simplify train schedules?simplify train schedules?

Four*

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Home Single #3 – Railroads Home Single #3 – Railroads secretly offered these to win secretly offered these to win new business or to keep old new business or to keep old business?business?

rebates*

pools*

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Home Single #4 –Rebates and Home Single #4 –Rebates and pools angered farmers pools angered farmers because it kept prices _____ because it kept prices _____ for them?for them?

high*

low*

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*Detroit*

*Chicago

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Home Single #6 – The Home Single #6 – The steelmaking capital of the steelmaking capital of the nation was ….?nation was ….?

Pittsburgh*

Detroit*

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Home Single #7 –Having Home Single #7 –Having control of all the steps needed control of all the steps needed to change raw materials into a to change raw materials into a finish product is called what?finish product is called what?

vertical integration*

horizontal integration*

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stocks*

dividends*

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Home Single #9 –The system Home Single #9 –The system where businesses are owned where businesses are owned by private citizens is called?by private citizens is called?

free enterprise*

communism*

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Gustavus Swift*

Cyrus Field*

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assembly line*

free enterprise*

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Elijah McCoy*

Jan Matzleger*

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Black*

Blue*

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Home Single #14 –He helped Home Single #14 –He helped develop the electric chair?develop the electric chair?

George Westinghouse*

Thomas Edison*

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Home Single #15 – Thomas Home Single #15 – Thomas Edison had how many Edison had how many patents?patents?

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193*

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Visitor Single #1 – A railroad Visitor Single #1 – A railroad network happened when the network happened when the ______ adopted the ______ ______ adopted the ______ gauge of rail lines…?gauge of rail lines…?

North, South*

South, North*

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Visitor Single #2 –The last Visitor Single #2 –The last major transcontinental railroad major transcontinental railroad line was built by whom?line was built by whom?

James Hill*

Cornelius Vanderbilt*

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monopoly*

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Visitor Single #4 –He invented Visitor Single #4 –He invented air brakes?air brakes?

George Westinghouse*

George Pullman*

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Visitor Single #5 – Whose Visitor Single #5 – Whose process enabled steel makers process enabled steel makers to produce strong steel at low to produce strong steel at low costs ?costs ?

Henry Bessemer*

Henry Ford*

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corporation*

foundation*

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Visitor Single #7 –The man Visitor Single #7 –The man who bought Carnegie’s steel who bought Carnegie’s steel company was?company was?

J.P. Morgan*

Jay Gould!*

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trust*

takeover*

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Visitor Single #9 – _____ tells Visitor Single #9 – _____ tells the story of an African the story of an African American railroad worker who American railroad worker who drives steel spikes into rocks drives steel spikes into rocks and beats a machine?and beats a machine?

John Henry*

Johny Rail*

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Visitor Single #10 –He ran an Visitor Single #10 –He ran an underground telegraph cable underground telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?across the Atlantic Ocean?

Cyrus Field*

John Western Union*

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Alexandar Graham Bell*

Thomas Edison*

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Thomas Edison*

Henry Ford*

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Chevrolet*

Sprite*

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AC (alternating current)*

DC (direct current)*

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laugh*

go buy one*

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Double #1 – Double #1 – Aquiring control Aquiring control of all steps required to change of all steps required to change raw materials into finished raw materials into finished products is calledproducts is called??

vertical integration*

horizontal integration*

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Double #2 –What is a Double #2 –What is a monopoly?monopoly?

Controlling all or nearly all of a business of industry*

Controlling a majority of businesses in an industry*

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Double #3 –How many Double #3 –How many pictures could you take with pictures could you take with the first Kodak camera before the first Kodak camera before you had to turn it in?you had to turn it in?

100*

36*

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Double #4 –List one of the two Double #4 –List one of the two reasons why child labor reasons why child labor continued in the 1990s?continued in the 1990s?

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Factory owners could hire children at low pay and families needed money

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Double #5 – Double #5 – What labor union What labor union formed in 1869formed in 1869??

Knights of Labor*

Western Federation of Miners*

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Double #6 –Who organized the Double #6 –Who organized the American Federation of American Federation of Labor?Labor?

Samuel Gompers*

John Bradbury*

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Double #7 – Who supported Double #7 – Who supported striking railroad workers, striking railroad workers, organized coal miners, organized coal miners, campaigned for improving campaigned for improving working conditions, and spoke working conditions, and spoke out against child labor?out against child labor?

Mother Jones*

Mother Smith*

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Double #8 – When George Double #8 – When George Pullman cut the pay of his Pullman cut the pay of his workers, what did he not workers, what did he not reduce for his workers?reduce for his workers?

Christmas bonus check *

rent they payed*

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Double #9 – How many people Double #9 – How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?Fire?

150*

15*

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Double #10 – The first Kodak Double #10 – The first Kodak camera cost how much camera cost how much money?money?

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$100*

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Double #11 –What was J.P. Double #11 –What was J.P. Morgan’s middle name?Morgan’s middle name?

Pierpont*

Percy*

*Paul*

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Double #12 –What was the first Double #12 –What was the first American Business worth $1 American Business worth $1 billion dollars?billion dollars?

U.S. Steel*

Standard Oil*

*General Electric*

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Double #13 –Who invented the Double #13 –Who invented the first safety razor with first safety razor with disposable blades?disposable blades?

King C. Gillette*

Jane Daisy*

*Jacob Schick*

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Double #14 –Who invented the Double #14 –Who invented the elevator brake?elevator brake?

Elisha Otis*

Field Baker*

*John C. Brake*

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fountain pen*

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Triple #1 – How much money Triple #1 – How much money was paid for Carnegie’s steel was paid for Carnegie’s steel companycompany

480 million*

$1 billion*

*240 million*

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Triple #2 – Who set up the Triple #2 – Who set up the Standard Oil Trust?Standard Oil Trust?

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John D. Rockefeller

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Triple #3 –What did the Triple #3 –What did the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 ban?ban?

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Formation of trusts and monopolies

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Triple #4 –Who did Andrew Triple #4 –Who did Andrew Carnegie sell his steel Carnegie sell his steel business to?business to?

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J.P. Morgan

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Triple #5 – Carnegie cut the Triple #5 – Carnegie cut the cost of a ton of steel from $58 cost of a ton of steel from $58 to _____?to _____?

25*

35*

*45*

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Triple #6 –Thomas Edison Triple #6 –Thomas Edison stated that his company would stated that his company would have a minor invention every have a minor invention every how many days?how many days?

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15*

*20*

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Triple #7 –The American Triple #7 –The American Federation of Labor was only Federation of Labor was only open to what type of people?open to what type of people?

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Skilled Workers

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Triple #8 –What percentage of Triple #8 –What percentage of the workforce in 190 was made the workforce in 190 was made up of 10-15 year olds?up of 10-15 year olds?

18%*

25%*

*35%*

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Triple #9 –Out of the 8 arrested Triple #9 –Out of the 8 arrested for the Haymarket riot, how for the Haymarket riot, how many were executed or many were executed or committed suicide?committed suicide?

5*

6*

*7*

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Triple #10 – What was the Triple #10 – What was the name of Henry Ford’s son?name of Henry Ford’s son?

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Edsel

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Triple #11 – During the Great Triple #11 – During the Great Depression…?Depression…?

many people lost their jobs*

many people had jobs*

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The Great Depression*

World War I*

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World War II*

World War I*

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Triple #14 – Which port did Triple #14 – Which port did most immigrants from Europe most immigrants from Europe come through?come through?

Ellis Island*

Angel Island*

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Triple #15 – Someone who Triple #15 – Someone who buys stock in a company is?buys stock in a company is?

an investor*

a consumer*

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Ground Ball! Thrown to Base!Ground Ball! Thrown to Base!Two Outs!Two Outs!

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Homer #1 – How much money Homer #1 – How much money did Cyrus Field lose in one day did Cyrus Field lose in one day on the stock market?on the stock market?

$5 million*

$6 million*

*$7 million*

*$8 million*

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Homer #2 – How many days Homer #2 – How many days did Thomas Edison go without did Thomas Edison go without sleep while working on the sleep while working on the phonograph?phonograph?

3*

2*

*1*

*4*

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Homer #3 –What did Thomas Homer #3 –What did Thomas Edison say on his first Edison say on his first recording of the Phonograph?recording of the Phonograph?

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Mary had a little lamb

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Homer #4 –What was the name Homer #4 –What was the name of the book that Andrew of the book that Andrew Carnegie wrote about giving Carnegie wrote about giving away money?away money?

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Incorrect Answer*

Gospel of Wealth

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Homer #5 –Who wrote articles Homer #5 –Who wrote articles about Standard Oil and John about Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller that appeared in D. Rockefeller that appeared in magazines and painted a not magazines and painted a not so nice picture of Rockefeller?so nice picture of Rockefeller?

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Incorrect Answer*

Ida T. Tarbell

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Homer #6 –Who wrote the Homer #6 –Who wrote the book the Jungle about the book the Jungle about the meatpacking industry in meatpacking industry in Chicago?Chicago?

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Upton Sinclair

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Homer #7 –For how many Homer #7 –For how many seconds and how many feet seconds and how many feet did the Wright brothers first did the Wright brothers first flight last?flight last?

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Incorrect Answer*

12 seconds, 120 feet

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Homer #8 –Who was the Homer #8 –Who was the President of the Knights of President of the Knights of Labor?Labor?

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Terrence Powderly

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Homer #9 –In 1930 only what Homer #9 –In 1930 only what percent of farmers had percent of farmers had electricity?electricity?

10%*

20%*

*30%*

*40%*

*45%*

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Homer #10 – What is the Homer #10 – What is the standard gauge for railroad standard gauge for railroad tracks in the United States?tracks in the United States?

4’ 8 1/2”*

4’ 9 1/2”*

*5’ 1/2”*

*5’ 2 1/2”*

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Homer #11 – Because of our Homer #11 – Because of our system of checks and system of checks and balances, Congress can balances, Congress can override which of the override which of the following?following?

a Presidential veto*

a Supreme Court decision*

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Homer #12 – What was the Homer #12 – What was the cause of the Korean War?cause of the Korean War?

North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism*

South Korea attacked North Korea to stop communism*

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Homer #13 – Which of the Homer #13 – Which of the following did the Cold War following did the Cold War involve?involve?

an arms race*

a battle in Germany*

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Homer #14 – Why was there Homer #14 – Why was there fighting in Vietnam?fighting in Vietnam?

North Vietnam wanted to make South Vietnam communist*

North Vietnam wanted to make South Vietnam a colony*

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Homer #15 – Which was first Homer #15 – Which was first used for warfare during World used for warfare during World War II?War II?

the airplane*

poison gas*

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Out of the Ball Park!Out of the Ball Park!Home Run!Home Run!

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