Exam 17: Industrial Supremacy

The first major national labor conflict was the ________ of 1877.

Members of a militant labor organization that used harsh tactics against coal operators in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania called themselves the ________.

Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?

Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward promoted a philosophy he called ________.

In steel, the central figure adopting the new corporate form of organization in the industry was ________.

In the late nineteenth century, Social Darwinists argued that people who failed economically in the United States did so because

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

In the late nineteenth century, the needs of the American steel industry directly contributed to the further development of all of the following EXCEPT

During the late nineteenth century, the growth of large corporations was helped by

During the late nineteenth century, anarchists in the United States

By 1900, factory work in the United States required ever-increasing levels of skill.

The first significant oil production in the United States occurred in

The Pullman strike of 1894

What factors in society and the business community during the late nineteenth century that would likely determine an individual's prospects for economic success were not considered in the ideal of the "self-made man"?

By 1900, the average yearly income of American workers

In the Homestead strike of 1892, the Pinkertons were brought in on the side of labor.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the average income of an American worker was somewhat higher than the minimum required to maintain a reasonable level of comfort.

The business structure of Standard Oil was a good example of

Social Darwinism was designed to eliminate competition in the marketplace.

Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892?