Henry Wells and William G. Fargo
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- Q1Which of these is a fact about Harnden's Express?It delivered thingsIt transported peopleIt was a good business30s
- Q2William Fargo began working for Henry Wells whenWells formed his first companyWells started American ExpressWells worked at Harden's Express30s
- Q3What made Wells and Fargo interested in starting a business in the West?They wanted to startExpress deliveryThe California Gold Rush30s
- Q4How did Wells and Fargo plan to make money by buying gold from miners?They planned to buy the gold and charge a high fee to hold it in the bankThey planned to ship it to Pennsylvania and sell it for a cheaper priceThey planned to buy gold in the West and then ship it to New York where they could sell the gold for a higher price30s
- Q5For whom did Wells and Fargo plan their new stagecoach service?Miners going to and from mining fieldsBankers in CaliforniaThe miner's families who were visiting30s
- Q6Why did Henry Wells travel to California?To see the goldTo see the problems his company might have in the mining townsTo deliver mail30s
- Q7Why would a miner register his name with the local Wells Fargo office?To keep track of their goldTo open a bank accountTo keep track of miner's locations for mail delivery30s
- Q8Why did miners store gold dust in Wells Fargo offices?It was a safe place to store goldThey did not want to keep their goldThey wanted to sell their gold30s
- Q9When held up by bandits, Wells Fargo stagecoach drivers were ordered always tohand over the gold without a fightrun away if at all possiblehide the "treasure bones"30s
- Q10Wells Fargo was determined to track down people who robbed their stagecoaches because the company hoped tohire the robbers as stagecoach driversdiscourage future robberiesget the gold back from the robbers30s
- Q11Wells and Fargo both worked for express companies. That means the companygrew larger and made money at a very fast pacequickly moved things from one place to anotherprovided banking services to miners and travelers30s
- Q12To be ambitious is towant to be a successhow many peoplehave a good idea30s
- Q13Wells and Fargo established their company in 1852. What does establish mean?startedsoldmade bigger30s
- Q14Together, Wells and Fargo made plans for a new venture. In this sentence a venture is ajourneyfriendshipbusiness30s
- Q15Wells Fargo tried to make sure that letters reached the right destination. What is a destination?a persona stagecoacha place30s