Question 1

Which of the following was not among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bribing judges and state legislatures 
B)  Forcing their employees to buy railroad company stock 
C)  Providing free railroad passes to journalists and politicians 
D)  Watering railroad stocks and bonds in order to sell them at inflated prices 
E)  Receiving kickbacks from powerful shippers 
A)  Bribing judges and state legislatures 
B)  Forcing their employees to buy railroad company stock 
C)  Providing free railroad passes to journalists and politicians 
D)  Watering railroad stocks and bonds in order to sell them at inflated prices 
E)  Receiving kickbacks from powerful shippers B

Question 2

Even historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism,generally concede that class-based protest has never been a powerful force in the United States because

Accepted Answer

A)  most employers tried to treat their workers well. 
B)  few Europeans brought their political philosophies to the United States. 
C)  the captains of industry did not allow protest to take root. 
D)  many Americans inherited fortunes. 
E)  America has greater social mobility than Europe has. 
A)  most employers tried to treat their workers well. 
B)  few Europeans brought their political philosophies to the United States. 
C)  the captains of industry did not allow protest to take root. 
D)  many Americans inherited fortunes. 
E)  America has greater social mobility than Europe has. E

Question 3

The largest southern-based monopolistic corporation was the one founded by James Duke to produce

Accepted Answer

A)  steel. 
B)  oil. 
C)  textiles. 
D)  cigarettes. 
E)  Coca-Cola. 
A)  steel. 
B)  oil. 
C)  textiles. 
D)  cigarettes. 
E)  Coca-Cola. D

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Union Pacific Railroad

Accepted Answer

The Union Pacific Railroad is a signific

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Capital goods, also known as producer go

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United States Steel

Accepted Answer

United States Steel Corporation, often r

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jay Gould

Accepted Answer

Jay Gould was a prominent American railr

Question 8

Business leaders of the late nineteenth 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?

Accepted Answer

The characterization of business leaders

Question 9

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of

Accepted Answer

A)  manufacturing corporations. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  state legislatures. 
D)  railroad corporations. 
E)  banking syndicates. 
A)  manufacturing corporations. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  state legislatures. 
D)  railroad corporations. 
E)  banking syndicates.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

When Europeans owned or invested in private companies in the United States,they generally

Accepted Answer

A)  appointed European managers to key positions in the company. 
B)  let Americans manage the business unless there was an economic crisis. 
C)  made American banks issue regular reports on the profitability of their companies. 
D)  steered most of the profits back into European investments. 
E)  insisted that the companies hire a portion of immigrants from the nation owning the company. 
A)  appointed European managers to key positions in the company. 
B)  let Americans manage the business unless there was an economic crisis. 
C)  made American banks issue regular reports on the profitability of their companies. 
D)  steered most of the profits back into European investments. 
E)  insisted that the companies hire a portion of immigrants from the nation owning the company.

Question 12

Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," like Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner,argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  only a few large corporations were fit to survive in the industrial jungle. 
B)  society owed a basic standard of living to even its weakest members. 
C)  there should be eugenic biological breeding to produce a superior human race. 
D)  fitness to survive and thrive could be proven through physical competition. 
E)  the wealthy deserved their riches because they had demonstrated greater abilities than the poor. 
A)  only a few large corporations were fit to survive in the industrial jungle. 
B)  society owed a basic standard of living to even its weakest members. 
C)  there should be eugenic biological breeding to produce a superior human race. 
D)  fitness to survive and thrive could be proven through physical competition. 
E)  the wealthy deserved their riches because they had demonstrated greater abilities than the poor.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Philip Armour

Accepted Answer

Philip Armour (1832–1901) was an America

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-track gauge

Accepted Answer

Track gauge refers to the distance betwe

Question 15

Compare and contrast the National Labor Union,Knights of Labor,and American Federation of Labor in regard to their origins,goals,and leadership.Account for the failure of the first two and for the success of the AFL.

Accepted Answer

The National Labor Union, Knights of Lab

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

An interlocking directorate refers to th

Question 17

The most effective and most enduring labor union of the post-Civil War period was the

Accepted Answer

A)  National Labor Union. 
B)  Knights of Labor. 
C)  American Federation of Labor. 
D)  Knights of Columbus. 
E)  Congress of Industrial Organizations. 
A)  National Labor Union. 
B)  Knights of Labor. 
C)  American Federation of Labor. 
D)  Knights of Columbus. 
E)  Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Question 18

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 
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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  franchising Standard Oil gasoline stations to independent operators. 
B)  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 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)  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 or lose their business. 
E)  developing multiple uses for oil in transportation, lighting, and industry.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wabash,St.Louis,and Pacific Railroad Company v.Illinois

Accepted Answer

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Com

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Which of the following was not among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons?

Even historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism,generally concede that class-based protest has never been a powerful force in the United States because

The largest southern-based monopolistic corporation was the one founded by James Duke to produce

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Union Pacific Railroad

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United States Steel

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jay Gould

Business leaders of the late nineteenth 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?

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of

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

When Europeans owned or invested in private companies in the United States,they generally

Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," like Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner,argued that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Philip Armour

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -track gauge

Compare and contrast the National Labor Union,Knights of Labor,and American Federation of Labor in regard to their origins,goals,and leadership.Account for the failure of the first two and for the success of the AFL.

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

The most effective and most enduring labor union of the post-Civil War period was the

Women were drawn into industry by

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wabash,St.Louis,and Pacific Railroad Company v.Illinois

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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