Question 1

The Western Federation of Miners rejected the violent approach of some labor organizations but continued to welcome only white male members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following accurately describes the events surrounding the Lattimer Massacre?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many workers, especially immigrants from central or eastern Europe, were killed while peacefully protesting dangerous mining conditions, and all of those accused of the killings were acquitted. 
B)  Violent protests led by anarchists broke out near an important harvesting machine company, and amid the confusion, an individual threw a bomb into the crowd, maiming or killing dozens. 
C)  White miners brutally murdered fellow African American miners out of fear that they would take their jobs, but a landmark court case resulted in sentencing the perpetrators to life in prison. 
D)  The federal government figuratively killed all major laws that effectively benefited Big Business in response to a series of unusually fatal mining accidents in Pennsylvania. 
E)  Swayed by unions, several elite factory owners dramatically resigned from their positions, and for the first time, a widespread public uproar ensued in response to poor working conditions. 
A)  Many workers, especially immigrants from central or eastern Europe, were killed while peacefully protesting dangerous mining conditions, and all of those accused of the killings were acquitted. 
B)  Violent protests led by anarchists broke out near an important harvesting machine company, and amid the confusion, an individual threw a bomb into the crowd, maiming or killing dozens. 
C)  White miners brutally murdered fellow African American miners out of fear that they would take their jobs, but a landmark court case resulted in sentencing the perpetrators to life in prison. 
D)  The federal government figuratively killed all major laws that effectively benefited Big Business in response to a series of unusually fatal mining accidents in Pennsylvania. 
E)  Swayed by unions, several elite factory owners dramatically resigned from their positions, and for the first time, a widespread public uproar ensued in response to poor working conditions.

Question 3

Compare and contrast the major industrial leaders of the late nineteenth century. How did each rise to power, and what did they do to ensure they would stay at the top of their respective industries? What do they have in common, and what differences distinguish them from each other? What makes each of them important to understanding the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The major industrial leaders of the late

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It would serve largely as a mediator, bringing all rival socialist parties together under one mission and prioritizing compromise over any sectarian disputes. 
B)  It was an organization that had originated in Europe and that spread to the United States with the chief goal of improving international trade. 
C)  It was a labor union geared toward middle-class white workers, as they had a difficult time identifying with the immigrants and migrants of typical unions. 
D)  It was intended to be one giant labor union that would take back the means of production and would be open to all workers. 
E)  It was a labor union that focused solely on the practical details of writing policy affecting workers, rather than bringing in more emotional topics such as human rights. 
A)  It would serve largely as a mediator, bringing all rival socialist parties together under one mission and prioritizing compromise over any sectarian disputes. 
B)  It was an organization that had originated in Europe and that spread to the United States with the chief goal of improving international trade. 
C)  It was a labor union geared toward middle-class white workers, as they had a difficult time identifying with the immigrants and migrants of typical unions. 
D)  It was intended to be one giant labor union that would take back the means of production and would be open to all workers. 
E)  It was a labor union that focused solely on the practical details of writing policy affecting workers, rather than bringing in more emotional topics such as human rights.

Question 5

What was one of the main tensions experienced by middle-class women in Gilded Age America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Middle-class women were entering professions once exclusively held by men, such as doctors and lawyers, in record numbers; however, they were denied the proper schooling that would enable them to be successful in these fields. 
B)  More middle-class women were gaining access to higher education, helping lead to their growing presence in the workforce, but social expectations still kept many tied to the home or steered toward so-called home economics-type courses. 
C)  Middle-class women had advanced greatly in terms of the breadth of the roles they played in society, partly because of their responsibilities during the Civil War, so that by the time the Gilded Age arrived, the sole issue was women's voting rights. 
D)  Due to the lack of women's colleges or co-ed institutions, few middle-class women entered the workforce, which contributed to the great struggle most middle-class families at the time faced in being able to afford their lifestyles. 
E)  Because of the state of the economy following the Civil War, most middle-class women were forced to work exclusively outside the home; however, the women's movement of the time resisted this as it prized the domestic sphere. 
A)  Middle-class women were entering professions once exclusively held by men, such as doctors and lawyers, in record numbers; however, they were denied the proper schooling that would enable them to be successful in these fields. 
B)  More middle-class women were gaining access to higher education, helping lead to their growing presence in the workforce, but social expectations still kept many tied to the home or steered toward so-called home economics-type courses. 
C)  Middle-class women had advanced greatly in terms of the breadth of the roles they played in society, partly because of their responsibilities during the Civil War, so that by the time the Gilded Age arrived, the sole issue was women's voting rights. 
D)  Due to the lack of women's colleges or co-ed institutions, few middle-class women entered the workforce, which contributed to the great struggle most middle-class families at the time faced in being able to afford their lifestyles. 
E)  Because of the state of the economy following the Civil War, most middle-class women were forced to work exclusively outside the home; however, the women's movement of the time resisted this as it prized the domestic sphere.

Question 6

Which of the following statements accurately describes the significance of post-Civil War inventions to women in particular?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advances in technology reaffirmed that the use of all new inventions would be reserved strictly for men and that women of all classes would be expected to remain inside the home. 
B)  The invention of the typewriter and sewing machine opened up new employment possibilities to many women, although often on the basis of the idea that women would work for lower pay. 
C)  New inventions spurred the creation of sweatshops, which largely turned away women applicants because the cramped, stifling conditions were deemed unfit for them. 
D)  Employment opportunities from new inventions were closed to immigrants, especially immigrant women, because inventors worried they would bring back blueprints to their home countries. 
E)  Because women had made immense strides as nurses during the Civil War, they were entrusted with using important new medical inventions and often went on to become doctors. 
A)  Advances in technology reaffirmed that the use of all new inventions would be reserved strictly for men and that women of all classes would be expected to remain inside the home. 
B)  The invention of the typewriter and sewing machine opened up new employment possibilities to many women, although often on the basis of the idea that women would work for lower pay. 
C)  New inventions spurred the creation of sweatshops, which largely turned away women applicants because the cramped, stifling conditions were deemed unfit for them. 
D)  Employment opportunities from new inventions were closed to immigrants, especially immigrant women, because inventors worried they would bring back blueprints to their home countries. 
E)  Because women had made immense strides as nurses during the Civil War, they were entrusted with using important new medical inventions and often went on to become doctors.

Question 7

The events of the Lattimer Massacre involved ethnic tensions, not just those between protesters and authorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The number of inventions registered at the U.S. Patent Office remained fairly constant through the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Trusts, like Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust, were vulnerable because they

Accepted Answer

A)  were often too large to earn a profit. 
B)  were forced to spend great sums of their money on philanthropic endeavors. 
C)  were appealing targets for prosecution on the grounds of monopoly or restraint of trade. 
D)  controlled companies that had nothing to do with one another. 
E)  paid their various subsidiaries enormous and unjustified profits. 
A)  were often too large to earn a profit. 
B)  were forced to spend great sums of their money on philanthropic endeavors. 
C)  were appealing targets for prosecution on the grounds of monopoly or restraint of trade. 
D)  controlled companies that had nothing to do with one another. 
E)  paid their various subsidiaries enormous and unjustified profits.

Question 10

What were so-called bonanza farms that spread across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  farms that were fertilized using new chemical compounds developed in labs 
B)  farms that were fortunate enough to have large deposits of oil discovered on them 
C)  farming communities established in Kansas by African American migrants from the South 
D)  socialist farming collectives established in unorganized western territories 
E)  corporate-owned farms that were run like factories 
A)  farms that were fertilized using new chemical compounds developed in labs 
B)  farms that were fortunate enough to have large deposits of oil discovered on them 
C)  farming communities established in Kansas by African American migrants from the South 
D)  socialist farming collectives established in unorganized western territories 
E)  corporate-owned farms that were run like factories

Question 11

Analyze the ways in which the class structure and lives of women changed in the late nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the late nineteenth century, the clas

Question 12

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes an impact of the urban-industrial revolution at the dawn of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because they tended to be formed by agricultural workers, unions became a relic of a bygone era in which the majority of the workforce was centered on farming. 
B)  Despite irreparable economic setbacks after the Civil War, it enabled the United States to start slowly inching toward a modernized economy and jumpstarted a regulated capitalist economy. 
C)  It had brought about the decline of the middle class, as nearly all Americans became either extravagantly wealthy or stricken by poverty. 
D)  It shrank the country's population because the industrialized economy required fewer workers, and the number of overall jobs plummeted, leading Americans to emigrate in response. 
E)  It had transformed the size, scope, and power of the American economy such that only governmental intervention could restore economic fairness and social stability. 
A)  Because they tended to be formed by agricultural workers, unions became a relic of a bygone era in which the majority of the workforce was centered on farming. 
B)  Despite irreparable economic setbacks after the Civil War, it enabled the United States to start slowly inching toward a modernized economy and jumpstarted a regulated capitalist economy. 
C)  It had brought about the decline of the middle class, as nearly all Americans became either extravagantly wealthy or stricken by poverty. 
D)  It shrank the country's population because the industrialized economy required fewer workers, and the number of overall jobs plummeted, leading Americans to emigrate in response. 
E)  It had transformed the size, scope, and power of the American economy such that only governmental intervention could restore economic fairness and social stability.

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Eugene V. Debs

Accepted Answer

A) organized a week-long march of child workers from Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt's home in New York 
B) maintained his commitment to high tariffs after the war despite concerns that they would increase consumer prices 
C) led the Knights of Labor and emphasized the strategy of winning political control of the areas around unions 
D) wrote the essay "The Gospel of Wealth," which held that with great wealth came great responsibility 
E) met to form the Industrial Workers of the World but withdrew and went on to become a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
F)was the head of the National Labor Union who died suddenly in 1869, resulting in its support declining
G)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
H)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
I)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work 
A) organized a week-long march of child workers from Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt's home in New York 
B) maintained his commitment to high tariffs after the war despite concerns that they would increase consumer prices 
C) led the Knights of Labor and emphasized the strategy of winning political control of the areas around unions 
D) wrote the essay "The Gospel of Wealth," which held that with great wealth came great responsibility 
E) met to form the Industrial Workers of the World but withdrew and went on to become a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
F)was the head of the National Labor Union who died suddenly in 1869, resulting in its support declining
G)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
H)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
I)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

Question 14

Why was there a growth of craft unions during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The end of slavery flooded the labor market with workers. 
B)  The war sparked an increased demand for skilled labor. 
C)  Unskilled laborers were constitutionally prohibited from unionizing. 
D)  Craft unions would not have to admit the freedmen. 
E)  The American education system expanded dramatically during that period. 
A)  The end of slavery flooded the labor market with workers. 
B)  The war sparked an increased demand for skilled labor. 
C)  Unskilled laborers were constitutionally prohibited from unionizing. 
D)  Craft unions would not have to admit the freedmen. 
E)  The American education system expanded dramatically during that period.

Question 15

Andrew Carnegie was an outspoken opponent of the idea of the "Gospel of Wealth."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Sand-Lot Incident refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a women's movement event that made voting rights more likely. 
B)  white workers refusing to work on the railroads. 
C)  white workers attacking a group of Chinese workers. 
D)  the growth of baseball as a spectator sport. 
E)  Chinese workers protesting poor working conditions. 
A)  a women's movement event that made voting rights more likely. 
B)  white workers refusing to work on the railroads. 
C)  white workers attacking a group of Chinese workers. 
D)  the growth of baseball as a spectator sport. 
E)  Chinese workers protesting poor working conditions.

Question 17

Which of the following did Thomas Alva Edison invent?

Accepted Answer

A)  a long-lasting electric lightbulb 
B)  the air brake for trains 
C)  the airplane 
D)  the telephone 
E)  the mechanized cotton textile weaver 
A)  a long-lasting electric lightbulb 
B)  the air brake for trains 
C)  the airplane 
D)  the telephone 
E)  the mechanized cotton textile weaver

Question 18

What factors stimulated the unprecedented industrial and agricultural growth in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The unprecedented industrial and agricul

Question 19

Jane Addams is best associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  publicizing the work of Mother Jones. 
B)  leading the Molly Maguires. 
C)  promoting the International Workers of the World. 
D)  founding Hull House. 
E)  joining the Knights of Labor. 
A)  publicizing the work of Mother Jones. 
B)  leading the Molly Maguires. 
C)  promoting the International Workers of the World. 
D)  founding Hull House. 
E)  joining the Knights of Labor.

Question 20

Which of the following best accounts for the success of Standard Oil?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its scientists found new technical processes for refining oil more efficiently. 
B)  It bought out the Erie Railroad in order to keep transportation charges of goods low. 
C)  It was one of the first companies to invest heavily in advertising. 
D)  Rockefeller was lucky to find the highest-quality oil on his Ohio farm and sell it for profit. 
E)  Its eventual corporate structure, known as vertical integration, allowed it to grow tremendously. 
A)  Its scientists found new technical processes for refining oil more efficiently. 
B)  It bought out the Erie Railroad in order to keep transportation charges of goods low. 
C)  It was one of the first companies to invest heavily in advertising. 
D)  Rockefeller was lucky to find the highest-quality oil on his Ohio farm and sell it for profit. 
E)  Its eventual corporate structure, known as vertical integration, allowed it to grow tremendously.

Exam 17: Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The Western Federation of Miners rejected the violent approach of some labor organizations but continued to welcome only white male members.

Which of the following accurately describes the events surrounding the Lattimer Massacre?

What was the purpose of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?

What was one of the main tensions experienced by middle-class women in Gilded Age America?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the significance of post-Civil War inventions to women in particular?

The events of the Lattimer Massacre involved ethnic tensions, not just those between protesters and authorities.

The number of inventions registered at the U.S. Patent Office remained fairly constant through the nineteenth century.

Trusts, like Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust, were vulnerable because they

What were so-called bonanza farms that spread across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century?

Analyze the ways in which the class structure and lives of women changed in the late nineteenth century.

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes an impact of the urban-industrial revolution at the dawn of the twentieth century?

Match each description with the item below. -Eugene V. Debs

Why was there a growth of craft unions during the Civil War?

Andrew Carnegie was an outspoken opponent of the idea of the "Gospel of Wealth."

The Sand-Lot Incident refers to

Which of the following did Thomas Alva Edison invent?

What factors stimulated the unprecedented industrial and agricultural growth in the late nineteenth century?

Jane Addams is best associated with

Which of the following best accounts for the success of Standard Oil?

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