Question 1

The ____ Amendment was especially helpful to giant corporations when defending themselves against regulation by state governments.

Accepted Answer

A) Fifth 
B) Fourteenth 
C) Fifteenth 
D) Sixteenth 
E) Seventeenth 
A) Fifth 
B) Fourteenth 
C) Fifteenth 
D) Sixteenth 
E) Seventeenth

Question 2

The single largest source of a critical raw material that fueled early American industrialization was the

Accepted Answer

A) copper mines of Montana and Arizona. 
B) oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas. 
C) lead mines of Wisconsin. 
D) coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska. 
E) Mesabi iron range of Minnesota. 
A) copper mines of Montana and Arizona. 
B) oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas. 
C) lead mines of Wisconsin. 
D) coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska. 
E) Mesabi iron range of Minnesota.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-vertical integration

Accepted Answer

Vertical integration is a business strat

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Interstate Commerce Act

Accepted Answer

The Interstate Commerce Act, passed by t

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-craft union

Accepted Answer

A craft union is a type of labor union t

Question 6

Why did labor unions find it difficult to organize industrial workers in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Labor unions found it difficult to organ

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-consumer goods

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Carnegie

Accepted Answer

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Grange

Accepted Answer

The Grange, officially named the Patrons

Question 10

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post-Civil War America included

Accepted Answer

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 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Tobacco Company

Accepted Answer

The American Tobacco Company was a major

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John D. Rockefeller

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller was an American indu

Question 13

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Vital improvements in railroading in the late nineteenth century included

Accepted Answer

A) standard gauge of track width. 
B) air brakes. 
C) steel rails. 
D) Pullman cars. 
E) the block signal. 
A) standard gauge of track width. 
B) air brakes. 
C) steel rails. 
D) Pullman cars. 
E) the block signal.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James J. Hill

Accepted Answer

James J. Hill, known as the "Empire Buil

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Great Northern Railroad

Accepted Answer

The Great Northern Railroad was a signif

Question 16

Women were drawn into industry by

Accepted Answer

A) the promise of wages on par with those of men. 
B) inventions like the typewriter and telephone switchboard. 
C) economic downturns, which hit rural families hardest. 
D) the lure of city life. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) the promise of wages on par with those of men. 
B) inventions like the typewriter and telephone switchboard. 
C) economic downturns, which hit rural families hardest. 
D) the lure of city life. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gospel of Wealth

Accepted Answer

The "Gospel of Wealth" is a term that re

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-land grants to railroads

Accepted Answer

Land grants to railroads were a signific

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-pool

Accepted Answer

The term "pool" can refer to various con

Question 20

Present an argument that "the Constitution, the executive branch, and the courts were on the side of the corporations" in the late nineteenth century. Cite passages from the Constitution, executive branch actions, and court decisions to illustrate your argument.

Accepted Answer

In the late nineteenth century, it can b

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The ____ Amendment was especially helpful to giant corporations when defending themselves against regulation by state governments.

The single largest source of a critical raw material that fueled early American industrialization was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -vertical integration

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Interstate Commerce Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -craft union

Why did labor unions find it difficult to organize industrial workers in the late nineteenth century?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -consumer goods

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Carnegie

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Grange

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post-Civil War America included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Tobacco Company

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John D. Rockefeller

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Vital improvements in railroading in the late nineteenth century included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James J. Hill

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Great Northern Railroad

Women were drawn into industry by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gospel of Wealth

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -land grants to railroads

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -pool

Present an argument that "the Constitution, the executive branch, and the courts were on the side of the corporations" in the late nineteenth century. Cite passages from the Constitution, executive branch actions, and court decisions to illustrate your argument.

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post-Civil War America included

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Vital improvements in railroading in the late nineteenth century included