Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"survival of the fittest"

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"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase th

Question 2

The group whose lives were most dramatically altered by the new industrial age was

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A)  Native Americans. 
B)  African Americans. 
C)  women. 
D)  southerners. 
E)  small town residents. 
A)  Native Americans. 
B)  African Americans. 
C)  women. 
D)  southerners. 
E)  small town residents.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pullman Palace Cars

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Pullman Palace Cars were luxurious railr

Question 4

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

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The American Tobacco Company was a major

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Samuel Gompers

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Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) was a key fig

Question 6

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Graham Sumner

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William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) was a

Question 8

Most women workers of the 1890s worked for

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A)  independence. 
B)  glamour. 
C)  economic necessity. 
D)  retirement savings. 
E)  personal spending money. 
A)  independence. 
B)  glamour. 
C)  economic necessity. 
D)  retirement savings. 
E)  personal spending money.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

The first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business combinations was the

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A)  Federal Trade Commission. 
B)  Interstate Commerce Commission. 
C)  Consumer Affairs Commission. 
D)  Federal Anti-Trust Commission. 
E)  Federal Communications Commission. 
A)  Federal Trade Commission. 
B)  Interstate Commerce Commission. 
C)  Consumer Affairs Commission. 
D)  Federal Anti-Trust Commission. 
E)  Federal Communications Commission.

Question 11

The two industries that the transcontinental railroads most significantly expanded were

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A)  textiles and shoemaking. 
B)  mining and agriculture. 
C)  banking and real estate. 
D)  shipping and fishing. 
E)  electricity and telecommunications. 
A)  textiles and shoemaking. 
B)  mining and agriculture. 
C)  banking and real estate. 
D)  shipping and fishing. 
E)  electricity and telecommunications.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Terence Powderly

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Terence Vincent Powderly (1849–1924) was

Question 13

Write your definition of the gospel of wealth.Do you agree with its assumptions? Why or why not?

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The Gospel of Wealth is a concept introd

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-J.Pierpont Morgan

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J. Pierpont Morgan was a prominent Ameri

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Labor Union

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The National Labor Union (NLU) was the f

Question 16

The text authors contend that "more than any other single factor,the railroad network spurred the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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I agree with the statement that the rail

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New South

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The term "New South" refers to a period

Question 18

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

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The Mesabi Range is a region of northeas

Question 19

Among the countries that provided the largest amounts of foreign capital investment in American industry were

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A)  Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. 
B)  Italy, Spain, and Greece. 
C)  Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. 
D)  Britain, France, and the Netherlands. 
E)  Canada and Mexico. 
A)  Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. 
B)  Italy, Spain, and Greece. 
C)  Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. 
D)  Britain, France, and the Netherlands. 
E)  Canada and Mexico.

Question 20

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

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

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"survival of the fittest"

The group whose lives were most dramatically altered by the new industrial age was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pullman Palace Cars

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Samuel Gompers

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Graham Sumner

Most women workers of the 1890s worked for

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

The first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business combinations was the

The two industries that the transcontinental railroads most significantly expanded were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Terence Powderly

Write your definition of the gospel of wealth.Do you agree with its assumptions? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -J.Pierpont Morgan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Labor Union

The text authors contend that "more than any other single factor,the railroad network spurred the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New South

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

Among the countries that provided the largest amounts of foreign capital investment in American industry were

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

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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