Men Who Built America

What nickname does Cornelius Vanderbilt acquire and how does he acquire it?

• The Captain

• The Fighter

• The Commodore

• The Brawler

What risk does Vanderbilt take at the height of his shipping career just before the Civil War?

• Trys to take over the competition by buying all their stock.

• Shuts down the bridge into New York City to hurt the competition.

• He jumps into the stock market and loses a lot of money on bad investments.

• Sells all his ships and starts buying railroads.

What big project (the biggest urban project in America up to that time) does Vanderbilt create in New York City?

• Grand Central Ship Yard

• Grand Central Train Station

• Carnegie Hall

• A new railroad line to Cleveland to start shipping oil.

What does Vanderbilt decide that he needs to do to finally control a majority of the railroads in America?

• Find a new product to ship so that his trains are always full.

• Buy the Erie line because it is the most profitable.

• Build more railroads in the South.

• He needs to beat his competition by driving them out of business.

Who does Vanderbilt invite from Cleveland to New York to move his plan forward?

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jay Gould and Jim Fisk

What event changes the outlook of the man from Cleveland?

• His wife died in a train wreck.

• He survived a train wreck.

• He avoided a train wreck by missing the train.

• He went to church and became a preacher.

What happened to Cornelius Vanderbilt's oldest son?

• He took over the shipline when his father sold it.

• He built Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.

• He died in the Civil War

• He became the richest man in America.