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TheMenWhoBuiltAmerica,Episode7:TakingtheWhiteHouse
1. Howmuch didthe average workerearnper day?
2. WilliamJenningsBryanranforthe presidencymakingavow to fightforwho?
3. Whichpresidential candidatedidthe capital industrialistsdecide tobackinthe 1896 election?
4. Howmuch dideach capitalistgive McKinley’scampaignintoday’smoney?
5. Who wasthe enemyinWilliamJenningsBryan’sspeeches?
6. What percentage of Americansvotedinthe presidentialelection?
7. Whichregionof the country didWilliamMcKinleywin?
8. Whydid Rockefellerwanttobe iron ore?
9. Who didRockefellersell hisironore to?
10. How longdo the negotiationslastbetweenRockefellerandCarnegie?
11. What industrydoesJ.P. Morgan wantto consolidate?
12. Why didJ. P.Morgan arrange a meetingwithCharlesSchwaab?
13. How much didCarnegie sell hissteel companytoJ.P.Morgan for?
14. What was Carnegie’snetworth(intoday’smoney) afterhe soldhiscompanytoJ.P. Morgan?
15. Why was Theodore Rooseveltelectedasgovernorof NY?
16. Once elected,whowere Roosevelt’sbiggesttargets?
17. Why didthe industrialistswantWilliamMcKinleytochoose TeddyRooseveltasvice-president?
18. Who didMcKinleyrunagainstinthe 1900 presidential election?
19. Why was Leon _________________ upsetwiththe government?
20. Whose RR monopolydidTheodore Rooseveltbreakupasa resultof a lawsuit?
21. Rockefeller’sStandardOil becamethe symbol for_____________________________.
22. Why didJohnRockefellergoonthe run?