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Andrew Carnegie Quiz

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Andrew Carnegie is quite famous as a man of incredible ingenuity and business sense, but also as a generous philanthropist throughout his life. Carnegie's business produced what commodity of which his business was once the world's largest producer?
Medicine
Clothing
Industrial agriculture
Steel

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While most famous for being one of the richest men in American history, Andrew Carnegie was actually an immigrant. Where was Carnegie born before emigrating to the U.S. with his parents?
Scotland
Germany
Canada
Sweden

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At only twelve years of age, Andrew Carnegie got a job that would start his path down the road to fame and fortune. This job was working as the assistant to what man who would later become a railroad tycoon?
Henry Biel
Stephen Chrysler
Donavan McGuire
Thomas Scott

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What invention that severely cut the time to convert iron into steel did Carnegie invest heavily in to make his dream of a steel empire a reality?
The spinning Jenny
The water frame
The Bessemer oven
The combustion engine

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While still working for his mentor, Carnegie undertook a grand construction project that would mark his first great steel creation. This would be the first bridge to cross the Mississippi River, and it would be named after what city?
Baton Rouge
St. Louis
New Orleans
Jackson

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At the opening day of the bridge from the previous question, Carnegie arranged a special demonstration of the bridge's sturdiness. What animal did he parade across the bridge so people would know it was structurally sound?
A hippopotamus
An elephant
A giraffe
A rhinoceros

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In its early days, Carnegie Steel was used to build railways. Once railroad construction was becoming less and less common, Carnegie instead shifted his steel production towards what other purpose?
Structural steel
Steel tools
Steel car parts
Steel generators

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Throughout their lives, Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller had a not-so-friendly rivalry to see who could become the most successful in their lifetimes. Because Carnegie didn't have the ruthless nature that Rockefeller bore, Carnegie hired what strong-willed businessman to be the chairman of his expanding company in 1881?
Augustus Clay
Manchester Rey
Klaus Vanderbilt
Henry Frick

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One of the darkest pages in the history of Carnegie Steel, an artificial dam built because of Henry Frick's orders overflowed and washed away what town, killing over 2,000 people?
Pinecrest Vale
Cubins Village
Johnstown
Stardust Village

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Partly to atone for his involvement in the destruction of Johnstown, Andrew Carnegie became quite philanthropic. This led to him funding the construction of Carnegie Hall in New York City. What type of building is Carnegie Hall?
A concert hall
A banquet hall
An art venue
A hotel

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Yet another black page in Carnegie's history, what was the name of the strike where Carnegie workers, who were protesting harsh factory conditions, were fired upon by Pinkertons?
The Scranton Incident
The Homestead Strike
The Charlottesville Massacre
The Haymarket Riots

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Toward the end of his career, Carnegie grew weary of clawing his way to the top. Hearing of this, what fellow entrepreneur bought out Carnegie Steel for the sum of $480 million?
J. P. Morgan
Walter Douglas
Ryan Costner
Morgan Raulter

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After giving up the fight and retiring, Carnegie lived a life of peace and comfort as he continued his philanthropic efforts. To what cause did Carnegie give the most throughout this generous period?
Housing for the homeless
Funding to combat pollution
Funding for public libraries
Wildlife conservations

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