Question 1

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was

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A)  its racial exclusiveness. 
B)  its support of unskilled workers. 
C)  its failure to admit women to its ranks. 
D)  its abandonment of the concept of independent producers. 
E)  the absence of "class consciousness" that caused the Knights to neglect focusing their energies on agitating and negotiating for what economic benefits they could gain from the existing capitalist system. 
A)  its racial exclusiveness. 
B)  its support of unskilled workers. 
C)  its failure to admit women to its ranks. 
D)  its abandonment of the concept of independent producers. 
E)  the absence of "class consciousness" that caused the Knights to neglect focusing their energies on agitating and negotiating for what economic benefits they could gain from the existing capitalist system.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

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Organizer

Question 3

The authors state that "competition was the bogeyman of most business leaders" during the late 19th century. What do they mean by this? How did these business leaders respond to the bogeyman of competition?

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The authors are suggesting that during t

Question 4

The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

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A)  lay off tens of thousands of American workers from factories. 
B)  hire American workers rather than foreign immigrants. 
C)  replace skilled labor with machinery. 
D)  build extremely large factories in dedicated industrial districts. 
E)  pay higher wages to retain a steady workforce. 
A)  lay off tens of thousands of American workers from factories. 
B)  hire American workers rather than foreign immigrants. 
C)  replace skilled labor with machinery. 
D)  build extremely large factories in dedicated industrial districts. 
E)  pay higher wages to retain a steady workforce.

Question 5

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

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A)  A-2, B-4, C-1 
B)  A-3, B-2, C-4 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-3 
A)  A-2, B-4, C-1 
B)  A-3, B-2, C-4 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-3

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?

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A)  the electric light bulb 
B)  the phonograph 
C)  the mimeograph 
D)  the electric dynamo 
E)  the motion picture 
A)  the electric light bulb 
B)  the phonograph 
C)  the mimeograph 
D)  the electric dynamo 
E)  the motion picture

Question 7

Explain how the vast, continental scale of the American economy in the late 19th century shaped American transportation, manufacturing processes, marketing, and labor relations.

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The vast, continental scale of the Ameri

Question 8

Most women workers of the 1890s worked

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A)  to achieve financial independence. 
B)  for the cultural glamour of being a working woman in American society. 
C)  for economic necessity. 
D)  to accumulate their retirement savings. 
E)  because their husbands preferred that they work. 
A)  to achieve financial independence. 
B)  for the cultural glamour of being a working woman in American society. 
C)  for economic necessity. 
D)  to accumulate their retirement savings. 
E)  because their husbands preferred that they work.

Question 9

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late 19th century came from

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A)  surplus wealth generated by agriculture. 
B)  the state governments. 
C)  private foreign investors. 
D)  individual Americans' savings. 
E)  the sale of confiscated Confederate land and property. 
A)  surplus wealth generated by agriculture. 
B)  the state governments. 
C)  private foreign investors. 
D)  individual Americans' savings. 
E)  the sale of confiscated Confederate land and property.

Question 10

The South's major attraction for potential investors was

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A)  readily available raw materials. 
B)  a warm climate. 
C)  good transportation. 
D)  cheap labor. 
E)  ethnic diversity. 
A)  readily available raw materials. 
B)  a warm climate. 
C)  good transportation. 
D)  cheap labor. 
E)  ethnic diversity.

Question 11

In the textiles mills of the industrializing South, all of the following are true statements EXCEPT

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A)  rural black and white southerners landed plumb jobs in the new mills. 
B)  entire families worked long hours in the mills. 
C)  most workers were paid half the rate received by northern workers for the same tasks. 
D)  payment was typically made in credit to the company store. 
E)  workers were called "hillbillies" or "lintheads" by employers. 
A)  rural black and white southerners landed plumb jobs in the new mills. 
B)  entire families worked long hours in the mills. 
C)  most workers were paid half the rate received by northern workers for the same tasks. 
D)  payment was typically made in credit to the company store. 
E)  workers were called "hillbillies" or "lintheads" by employers.

Question 12

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

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A)  companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding. 
B)  the federal government from favoring one business corporation over another. 
C)  competing companies from having interlocking corporate boards of directors. 
D)  private corporations or organizations from engaging in "combinations in restraint of trade." 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding. 
B)  the federal government from favoring one business corporation over another. 
C)  competing companies from having interlocking corporate boards of directors. 
D)  private corporations or organizations from engaging in "combinations in restraint of trade." 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

America's first billion-dollar corporation was

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A)  General Electric (G
E) . 
B)  Standard Oil. 
C)  American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T). 
D)  The Union Pacific Railroad. 
E)  United States Steel. 
A)  General Electric (G
E) . 
B)  Standard Oil. 
C)  American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T). 
D)  The Union Pacific Railroad. 
E)  United States Steel.

Question 14

Business leaders of the late 19th century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?

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The characterization of business leaders

Question 15

American capitalist businessmen usually justified their wealth on the basis of the "survival of the fittest." Yet in practice, most of them disliked business competition and sought to create effective monopolies. Why did they do so? Why did U.S. government efforts to curb these effective monopolies mostly fail?

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American capitalist businessmen justifie

Question 16

John D. Rockefeller's organizational technique of horizontal integration involved

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A)  franchising Standard Oil gasoline stations to independent operators. 
B)  combining and controlling all phases of the oil industry from drilling to commercial retailing. 
C)  creating standardized job assignments and fixed production and sales quotas for all employees. 
D)  forcing small competitors to assign stock to Standard Oil, then consolidating and integrating the operations of the previously competing enterprises, or lose their business. 
E)  developing multiple uses for oil in transportation, lighting, and industry. 
A)  franchising Standard Oil gasoline stations to independent operators. 
B)  combining and controlling all phases of the oil industry from drilling to commercial retailing. 
C)  creating standardized job assignments and fixed production and sales quotas for all employees. 
D)  forcing small competitors to assign stock to Standard Oil, then consolidating and integrating the operations of the previously competing enterprises, or lose their business. 
E)  developing multiple uses for oil in transportation, lighting, and industry.

Question 17

The factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post-Civil War America included

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A)  plentiful cheap labor. 
B)  available investment capital. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  effective government planning. 
E)  massive immigration. 
A)  plentiful cheap labor. 
B)  available investment capital. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  effective government planning. 
E)  massive immigration.

Question 18

One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was

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A)  increased competition. 
B)  supporting a centrally planned economy. 
C)  funding research on new technologies. 
D)  elimination of the tactic of vertical integration. 
E)  elimination of as much competition as possible. 
A)  increased competition. 
B)  supporting a centrally planned economy. 
C)  funding research on new technologies. 
D)  elimination of the tactic of vertical integration. 
E)  elimination of as much competition as possible.

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT among the technological improvements that made the modern transcontinental railroad network possible?

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A)  steel rails 
B)  air brakes 
C)  standard gauge tracks 
D)  the block signal 
E)  the electric engine 
A)  steel rails 
B)  air brakes 
C)  standard gauge tracks 
D)  the block signal 
E)  the electric engine

Question 20

Leftists scholars who found fault with the post-Civil War era captains of industry mostly argued that these men

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A)  had no real business ability. 
B)  built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers. 
C)  tried to take the United States back to an earlier age of aristocracy. 
D)  were environmentally insensitive. 
E)  were insufficiently philanthropic in donating considerable sums of personal wealth to cultural institutions such as libraries that benefited the masses. 
A)  had no real business ability. 
B)  built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers. 
C)  tried to take the United States back to an earlier age of aristocracy. 
D)  were environmentally insensitive. 
E)  were insufficiently philanthropic in donating considerable sums of personal wealth to cultural institutions such as libraries that benefited the masses.

Exam 22: The Industrial Era Dawns

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

The authors state that "competition was the bogeyman of most business leaders" during the late 19th century. What do they mean by this? How did these business leaders respond to the bogeyman of competition?

The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

Which of the following was NOT among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?

Explain how the vast, continental scale of the American economy in the late 19th century shaped American transportation, manufacturing processes, marketing, and labor relations.

Most women workers of the 1890s worked

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late 19th century came from

The South's major attraction for potential investors was

In the textiles mills of the industrializing South, all of the following are true statements EXCEPT

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

America's first billion-dollar corporation was

Business leaders of the late 19th century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?

John D. Rockefeller's organizational technique of horizontal integration involved

The factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post-Civil War America included

One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was

Which of the following was NOT among the technological improvements that made the modern transcontinental railroad network possible?

Leftists scholars who found fault with the post-Civil War era captains of industry mostly argued that these men

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The authors state that "competition was the bogeyman of most business leaders" during the late 19^th century. What do they mean by this? How did these business leaders respond to the bogeyman of competition?

Explain how the vast, continental scale of the American economy in the late 19^th century shaped American transportation, manufacturing processes, marketing, and labor relations.

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late 19^th century came from

Business leaders of the late 19^th century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?