Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mesabi Range

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The Mesabi Range is a region of northeas

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New York Central Railroad

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The New York Central Railroad (NYC), kno

Question 3

The Knights of Labor believed that republican traditions and institutions could be preserved from corrupt monopolies

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A) when American workers achieved a greater degree of class consciousness. 
B) by strengthening the economic and political independence of the workers. 
C) through the destruction of the American Federation of Labor. 
D) by the development of strong craft unions. 
E) by forming an independent political movement. 
A) when American workers achieved a greater degree of class consciousness. 
B) by strengthening the economic and political independence of the workers. 
C) through the destruction of the American Federation of Labor. 
D) by the development of strong craft unions. 
E) by forming an independent political movement.

Question 4

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Changes in the national economy in late-nineteenth-century America resulted in

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A) a lower standard of living for most. 
B) a decline in agriculture relative to manufacturing. 
C) no significant changes in marriage patterns or family life. 
D) sharper class distinctions. 
E) a movement of women into the work force. 
A) a lower standard of living for most. 
B) a decline in agriculture relative to manufacturing. 
C) no significant changes in marriage patterns or family life. 
D) sharper class distinctions. 
E) a movement of women into the work force.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Social Darwinism

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism is a theory that applie

Question 6

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 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-interlocking directorate

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An interlocking directorate refers to th

Question 8

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

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The vast, continental scale of the Ameri

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-stock watering

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Stock watering is a term that originated

Question 10

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

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A lockout is a labor relations tactic us

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Russell Conwell

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Russell Conwell (1843–1925) was an Ameri

Question 12

In what ways does the development of the railroad industry in the late nineteenth century illustrate the limitations of the myth of individual free enterprise in American history? What did government hope to attain by its promotion of railroad construction? What, in fact, did it attain?

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The development of the railroad industry

Question 13

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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A) high-wage positions. 
B) strictly short-term or temporary employment. 
C) a poor alternative to farming. 
D) institutions that broke up families. 
E) the only steady jobs and wages available. 
A) high-wage positions. 
B) strictly short-term or temporary employment. 
C) a poor alternative to farming. 
D) institutions that broke up families. 
E) the only steady jobs and wages available.

Question 14

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

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Capital goods, also known as producer go

Question 15

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.

Question 16

Historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism in the post-Civil War era generally concede that class-based protest

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A) was a more galvanizing and more violent phenomenon among the lower classes in the United States than it was in Europe. 
B) was less than in Europe because of America's greater level of social mobility. 
C) was dampened by the fact large numbers of Americans in post-Civil War era made small improvements in their economic and social status. 
D) was diluted by differences in social mobility, according to race and ethnicity. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) was a more galvanizing and more violent phenomenon among the lower classes in the United States than it was in Europe. 
B) was less than in Europe because of America's greater level of social mobility. 
C) was dampened by the fact large numbers of Americans in post-Civil War era made small improvements in their economic and social status. 
D) was diluted by differences in social mobility, according to race and ethnicity. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Dana Gibson

Accepted Answer

Charles Dana Gibson was a prominent Amer

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Standard Oil Company

Accepted Answer

The Standard Oil Company, founded by Joh

Question 19

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late nineteenth 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 20

Despite generally rising wages in the late nineteenth century, industrial workers were extremely vulnerable to all of the following except

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A) economic swings and depressions. 
B) employers' whims. 
C) new educational requirements for jobs. 
D) sudden unemployment. 
E) illness and accident. 
A) economic swings and depressions. 
B) employers' whims. 
C) new educational requirements for jobs. 
D) sudden unemployment. 
E) illness and accident.

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mesabi Range

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New York Central Railroad

The Knights of Labor believed that republican traditions and institutions could be preserved from corrupt monopolies

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Changes in the national economy in late-nineteenth-century America resulted in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Social Darwinism

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -interlocking directorate

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -stock watering

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Russell Conwell

In what ways does the development of the railroad industry in the late nineteenth century illustrate the limitations of the myth of individual free enterprise in American history? What did government hope to attain by its promotion of railroad construction? What, in fact, did it attain?

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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

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

Historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism in the post-Civil War era generally concede that class-based protest

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Dana Gibson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Standard Oil Company

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

Despite generally rising wages in the late nineteenth century, industrial workers were extremely vulnerable to all of the following except

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The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

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The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

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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

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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. -Changes in the national economy in late-nineteenth-century America resulted in