Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the Socialist party 
B)  the Republican party 
C)  the Tea party 
D)  the Democratic party 
E)  the Whig party 
A)  the Socialist party 
B)  the Republican party 
C)  the Tea party 
D)  the Democratic party 
E)  the Whig party

Question 2

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 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Ulysses S. Grant

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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

Question 4

Mother Jones promoted

Accepted Answer

A)  workers' rights and unions. 
B)  laissez-faire economics. 
C)  alternating current electricity. 
D)  temperance. 
E)  the free press. 
A)  workers' rights and unions. 
B)  laissez-faire economics. 
C)  alternating current electricity. 
D)  temperance. 
E)  the free press.

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the Pennsylvania oil rush?

Accepted Answer

A)  In terms of economic importance, it outweighed the California gold rush of a decade before. 
B)  It gave J. Pierpont Morgan his start in business and helped establish him as a tycoon. 
C)  It ended the monopoly in petroleum production that Oklahoma had enjoyed for half a century. 
D)  It had little impact on everyday tasks because oil could not yet be refined for cooking and heating. 
E)  It illustrated to many Americans that a dependence on oil might prove problematic in the future. 
A)  In terms of economic importance, it outweighed the California gold rush of a decade before. 
B)  It gave J. Pierpont Morgan his start in business and helped establish him as a tycoon. 
C)  It ended the monopoly in petroleum production that Oklahoma had enjoyed for half a century. 
D)  It had little impact on everyday tasks because oil could not yet be refined for cooking and heating. 
E)  It illustrated to many Americans that a dependence on oil might prove problematic in the future.

Question 6

Match each description with the item below.
-Mother Jones

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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

Question 7

What is the name for the business strategy in which a dominant corporation buys or forces out most of its competitors?

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal integration 
B)  tariffs 
C)  laissez-faire 
D)  vertical integration 
E)  economies of scale 
A)  horizontal integration 
B)  tariffs 
C)  laissez-faire 
D)  vertical integration 
E)  economies of scale

Question 8

Match each description with the item below.
-Denis Kearney

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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

The growth of industry after the Civil W

Question 10

Which of the following occurred from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The value of manufactures increased sixfold. 
B)  Farm production declined. 
C)  The nation's population greatly decreased. 
D)  Fewer women and children worked. 
E)  Innovation in business remained stagnant. 
A)  The value of manufactures increased sixfold. 
B)  Farm production declined. 
C)  The nation's population greatly decreased. 
D)  Fewer women and children worked. 
E)  Innovation in business remained stagnant.

Question 11

What was neurasthenia?

Accepted Answer

A)  an illness caused by the sudden spread of sugary foods and beverages, which greatly increased the caution the public displayed toward the rise of consumerism 
B)  a widespread post-traumatic stress disorder that affected soldiers who had fought in and experienced the horrors of the Civil War 
C)  a resistant strain of cholera that grew into an epidemic due to the terrible, unsanitary conditions of tenements in cities during the Gilded Age 
D)  a crippling malady miners faced due to exposure to unclean air that led the federal government to pass sweeping legislation guaranteeing the health of workers 
E)  a condition with symptoms such as hysteria and depression, often diagnosed by male physicians to force women back into the cult of domesticity 
A)  an illness caused by the sudden spread of sugary foods and beverages, which greatly increased the caution the public displayed toward the rise of consumerism 
B)  a widespread post-traumatic stress disorder that affected soldiers who had fought in and experienced the horrors of the Civil War 
C)  a resistant strain of cholera that grew into an epidemic due to the terrible, unsanitary conditions of tenements in cities during the Gilded Age 
D)  a crippling malady miners faced due to exposure to unclean air that led the federal government to pass sweeping legislation guaranteeing the health of workers 
E)  a condition with symptoms such as hysteria and depression, often diagnosed by male physicians to force women back into the cult of domesticity

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Sears, Roebuck and Company was a pioneer in

Accepted Answer

A)  selling goods by mail order, thereby helping transform rural towns. 
B)  opening a chain of grocery stores across the United States. 
C)  incorporating far more middlemen in the retail process. 
D)  providing electric power for New York City. 
E)  selling luxury items to the social elite. 
A)  selling goods by mail order, thereby helping transform rural towns. 
B)  opening a chain of grocery stores across the United States. 
C)  incorporating far more middlemen in the retail process. 
D)  providing electric power for New York City. 
E)  selling luxury items to the social elite.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was provoked by

Accepted Answer

A)  wage cuts that followed a depression. 
B)  the railroad's refusal to hire blacks and women. 
C)  concerns over workplace safety. 
D)  worker demands for paid vacations. 
E)  the deaths of four children in an explosion at Pullman's factory. 
A)  wage cuts that followed a depression. 
B)  the railroad's refusal to hire blacks and women. 
C)  concerns over workplace safety. 
D)  worker demands for paid vacations. 
E)  the deaths of four children in an explosion at Pullman's factory.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  declare his sympathy for the strikers. 
B)  order George Pullman to restore his workers' wages. 
C)  appoint Eugene Debs to his cabinet. 
D)  send federal troops to keep the trains running. 
E)  socialize the industry by allowing the government to manage the company. 
A)  declare his sympathy for the strikers. 
B)  order George Pullman to restore his workers' wages. 
C)  appoint Eugene Debs to his cabinet. 
D)  send federal troops to keep the trains running. 
E)  socialize the industry by allowing the government to manage the company.

Question 17

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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)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)was a former Confederate cavalry officer who developed a formula meant to be for medicinal syrup but that would become the origin of Coca Cola
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
I)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
J)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

Question 18

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 19

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 20

George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla invented which device that revolutionized American industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  the internal combustion engine 
B)  the telegraph 
C)  the dynamo, or electric motor 
D)  the lightbulb 
E)  the telephone 
A)  the internal combustion engine 
B)  the telegraph 
C)  the dynamo, or electric motor 
D)  the lightbulb 
E)  the telephone

Exam 17: Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

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

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. -Ulysses S. Grant

Mother Jones promoted

Which of the following is true of the Pennsylvania oil rush?

Match each description with the item below. -Mother Jones

What is the name for the business strategy in which a dominant corporation buys or forces out most of its competitors?

Match each description with the item below. -Denis Kearney

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.

Which of the following occurred from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century?

What was neurasthenia?

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

Sears, Roebuck and Company was a pioneer in

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

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was provoked by

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

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

Jane Addams is best associated with

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

George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla invented which device that revolutionized American industry?

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The Era of Reconstruction

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

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America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

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