Exam 17: Industrial Supremacy

The new rationale for capitalism in the late nineteenth century rested on an older ideology of individualism.

In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century,

Which of the following statements about the American railroad industry in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

The theory of Social Darwinism

In the late nineteenth century, proponents of the "self-made man" argued that the growing industrial economy was compatible with traditional American individualism. Agree or disagree.

The most famous writer of the success story in the late nineteenth century was ________.

The most important leader of the Knights of Labor was ________.

The economy began to fluctuate erratically beginning in 1873.

Describe the key technological developments that account for American industrial growth in the late nineteenth century.

The Haymarket Square riot of 1886

The Knights of Labor were followed by the American Federation of Labor as the most significant national labor union.

Which aspects of Social Darwinism do you believe are true and which are false? Why?

The Pennsylvania Railroad was created by

The first oil well was drilled in 1859 in western Pennsylvania by ________.

Around the turn of the century, relatively few Americans shared the views of those who questioned capitalism itself.

In the late nineteenth century, due to the growth of industrial capitalism, American workers

Describe the participation of women and children in the industrial economy around the turn of the century. What sorts of laws or regulations were passed to protect children in particular? Were they effective?

Cite some specific examples in which the rise of corporations both benefited and hurt working-class Americans.

In the late nineteenth century, the social writer Henry George argued in favor of

In the late nineteenth century, the first and most important promoter of Social Darwinism was