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| Date | 07.08.2017 | | Size | 15.66 Kb. | | #28778 |
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Men Who Built America
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Episode 1 : A New War Begins – Vanderbilt and Rockefeller
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Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
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Why does he instruct his agents to buy up as much stock in the Eerie Railroad Company as possible?
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What is revolutionizing life in America? Why?
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What does Vanderbilt want to do to try to reclaim the railroad industry?
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Who does he connect with?
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Rockefeller agrees to meet with Vanderbilt because he wanted to be the Vanderbilt of ____________________________.
II. Episode 2 : The Oil Strike
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What mistake does Rockefeller make in his promise to Vanderbilt for oil?
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What does Rockefeller do to be able to fulfill his promise?
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How does Vanderbilt benefit Rockefeller?
III. Episode 3 : A Rivalry Is Born
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What industry did Andrew Carnegie begin his work in?
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What does Tom Scott give Carnegie the job to do?
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What is the key to success for any railroad?
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What does Carnegie insist he build the bridge out of?
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What became the problem after Carnegie finished the bridge?
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How does he convince people of the strength of steel?
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How does the trust in the steel affect other industries?
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What does he do with the money Tom Scott loaned him?
IV. Episode 5- A New Rival Emerges
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Who does J.P. Morgan target?
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His father was the founder of what?
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What was the “Morgan way” of doing business?
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Who does J.P. Morgan turn to in order to compete with Carnegie and Rockefeller?
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What specific invention catches Morgan’s eye? What is the new revolutionary industry Edison creates and Morgan finances (paid for)?
V. Episode 6- Owning It All
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What problem does Rockefeller have with electricity?
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How does J.P. Morgan take business to a whole new level?
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What does this mean for workers that remain in the company?
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How does the general public feel about titans like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan?
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Who is vowing to put an end to the countries monopolies?
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What movement emerged in resistance to these big monopolizing companies?
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What was a major part of the Progressive Movement?
VI. Episode 7 – Taking the White House
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Who did J.P. Morgan inherit the banking empire from?
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What is Morgan’s solution to defeating Bryan in the 1896 election?
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Why are most people likely to support William Jennings Bryan?
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Who do the industry titans support?
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What is Bryan’s tactic of campaigning?
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What was the ‘fear tactic’ industrial titans used to get people not to vote for Bryan ?
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Who won the 1896 election?
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Who is McKinley’s vice president in his second term as president? What is his nickname?
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What happened to McKinley? Who took over presidency?
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Who does Theodore Roosevelt launch a campaign against?
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How do the empires of Morgan, Rockefeller, and other industrial titans changed under Roosevelt’s presidency?
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What does the political cartoon of Standard Oil mean to you?
VII. Episode 8, The New Machine
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What did judge accuse Rockefeller of doing?
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What is so special about the Ford automotive?
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What does Ford believe it takes to succeed in America?
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What system does he develop that makes the manufacturing of cars much faster?
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What system does he develop that makes the manufacturing of cars much faster?
The assembly line – gave Ford ability to mass produce cars which made cars less expensive
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How does the efficiency of which he is able to produce cars affect his workers?
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What does the judge rule in the Rockefeller case? What is this an end to?
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What is the ruling of the Henry Ford vs. ALAM ? (Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers)
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What is Ford’s first car? What is the cost of this car?
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How did Ford differ from Rockefeller, Morgan, and other industrial titans?
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