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Sportsfan2111 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Who among the following was NOT significantly associated with the steel industry?

A. James J. Hill

B. Andrew Carnegie

C. Henry Clay Frick

D. Henry Bessemer

E. J. Pierpont Morgan

Question 2

During the late nineteenth century, the growth of large corporations was helped by

A. All these answers are correct.

B. both sales of company stock to the public and limited liability laws.

C. limited liability laws.

D. sales of company stock to the public.

E. the realization that great ventures could not be financed by any single person.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the American railroad industry in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

A. It included the nation's largest businesses.

B. It relied partially on government subsidies for its growth.

C. It was among the first to adopt the new corporate form of organization.

D. It saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations.

E. It became a national symbol of concentrated economic power.

Question 4

The business structure of Carnegie Steel was a good example of

A. diagonal integration.

B. vertical and horizontal integration.

C. central integration.

D. horizontal integration.

E. vertical integration.

Question 5

One key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was

A. the use of welds instead of rivets to speed production.

B. a reduction in the size of his labor force.

C. his encouragement of labor unions in organizing his factories.

D. the moving assembly line.

E. the training of highly skilled workers.