Exam 17: Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

Discuss how growth of industry after the Civil War changed the lives of women in the United States. Consider, as part of your response, how class and race may have played into the roles that women occupied in this industrialized economy.

What does the term "economies of scale" describe?

Who were the entrepreneurs who pioneered the growth of Big Business? What were their goals, and what strategies did they use to dominate their respective industries?

What are holding companies?

What was the significance of the railcars connected to Pullman cars during the Pullman strike?

In a capitalist democracy like America, a common source of social instability is the tensions between equal political rights and unequal economic status.

What was neurasthenia?

Westinghouse's system of transmitting electricity over long distances lost the "battle of the currents."

Match each description with the item below. -Alexander Graham Bell

A transcontinental railroad had not been built before the Civil War because

President Grover Cleveland's response to the Pullman strike was to

What contributed to Eugene V. Debs's success as leader of the American Railway Union?

Match each description with the item below. -William Sylvis

The term "robber baron" was used to describe executives known for their shady financial practices.

Of which of the following was Mary "Mother" Jones a member ?

What was the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

Discuss the various major strikes that occurred after the Civil War. Include the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Homestead strike, and the Pullman strike. What were the similarities and differences with each?

Which of the following is true of the first transcontinental railroad?

What was the significance of the Homestead Steel strike?

Which of the following is true of the Workingmen's Party of California?