Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alexander Graham Bell

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-bor

Question 2

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 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-yellow dog contract

Accepted Answer

A yellow dog contract, also known as an

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Crédit Mobilier

Accepted Answer

Crédit Mobilier was a French banking com

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Edison

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison, born on February 11, 1847

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John P.Altgeld

Accepted Answer

John Peter Altgeld (1847–1902) was an Am

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-company town

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A company town is a community where near

Question 9

During the age of industrialization,the South

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A)  took full advantage of the new economic trends. 
B)  received preferential treatment from the railroads. 
C)  turned away from agriculture. 
D)  held to its Old South ideology. 
E)  remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. 
A)  took full advantage of the new economic trends. 
B)  received preferential treatment from the railroads. 
C)  turned away from agriculture. 
D)  held to its Old South ideology. 
E)  remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Horizontal integration is a business str

Question 11

The "Gospel of Wealth" endorsed by Andrew Carnegie

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A)  based its theology on the teachings of Jesus. 
B)  held that the wealthy should display moral responsibility in the use of their God-given money. 
C)  stimulated efforts to help minorities. 
D)  was opposed by most late nineteenth century clergymen. 
E)  asserted that the more people prayed the better off they would become. 
A)  based its theology on the teachings of Jesus. 
B)  held that the wealthy should display moral responsibility in the use of their God-given money. 
C)  stimulated efforts to help minorities. 
D)  was opposed by most late nineteenth century clergymen. 
E)  asserted that the more people prayed the better off they would become.

Question 12

Over the last century,historians' criticisms of the industrial capitalism of the Gilded Age have included the

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A)  romantic idea that industrialization diminished workers' spiritual quality of life. 
B)  assertion that workers were brutalized by the industrial system. 
C)  argument that American living standards were not raised by industrialization. 
D)  claim that American industrialization sharpened class divisions. 
E)  assertion that most great American fortunes came from inherited wealth. 
A)  romantic idea that industrialization diminished workers' spiritual quality of life. 
B)  assertion that workers were brutalized by the industrial system. 
C)  argument that American living standards were not raised by industrialization. 
D)  claim that American industrialization sharpened class divisions. 
E)  assertion that most great American fortunes came from inherited wealth.

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gibson Girl

Accepted Answer

The Gibson Girl is an iconic representat

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Collis P.Huntington

Accepted Answer

Collis P. Huntington (1821–1900) was an

Question 17

Generally,the Supreme Court in the late nineteenth century interpreted the Constitution in such a way as to favor

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A)  labor unions. 
B)  corporations. 
C)  state regulatory agencies. 
D)  individual entrepreneurs. 
E)  independent workers and craftsmen. 
A)  labor unions. 
B)  corporations. 
C)  state regulatory agencies. 
D)  individual entrepreneurs. 
E)  independent workers and craftsmen.

Question 18

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cornelius Vanderbilt

Accepted Answer

Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – Jan

Question 20

Andrew Carnegie's system of vertical integration

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A)  combined all facets of an industry, from raw material to final product, within a single company. 
B)  created an industrial association through which member companies could wield much power. 
C)  embraced the notion of buying up competitors and forming a monopoly interest. 
D)  required smaller competitors to agree to standardized rates set by larger firms. 
E)  None of these 
A)  combined all facets of an industry, from raw material to final product, within a single company. 
B)  created an industrial association through which member companies could wield much power. 
C)  embraced the notion of buying up competitors and forming a monopoly interest. 
D)  required smaller competitors to agree to standardized rates set by larger firms. 
E)  None of these

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alexander Graham Bell

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -yellow dog contract

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Crédit Mobilier

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Edison

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John P.Altgeld

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -company town

During the age of industrialization,the South

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

The "Gospel of Wealth" endorsed by Andrew Carnegie

Over the last century,historians' criticisms of the industrial capitalism of the Gilded Age have included the

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gibson Girl

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Collis P.Huntington

Generally,the Supreme Court in the late nineteenth century interpreted the Constitution in such a way as to favor

America's first billion-dollar corporation was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cornelius Vanderbilt

Andrew Carnegie's system of vertical integration

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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