Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Buchanan Duke

Accepted Answer

James Buchanan Duke, commonly known as J

Question 2

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with

Accepted Answer

A)  cash grants from new taxes. 
B)  land grants and loans. 
C)  cash grants from higher tariffs. 
D)  reduced prices for iron and steel. 
E)  aid for construction of railroad stations. 
A)  cash grants from new taxes. 
B)  land grants and loans. 
C)  cash grants from higher tariffs. 
D)  reduced prices for iron and steel. 
E)  aid for construction of railroad stations.

Question 3

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

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A)  A-2, B-4, C-1 
B)  A-3, B-2, C-4 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-3 
A)  A-2, B-4, C-1 
B)  A-3, B-2, C-4 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-3

Question 4

The United States changed to standard time zones when

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A)  Congress passed a law establishing this system. 
B)  the major rail lines decreed common fixed times so that they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks. 
C)  factories demanded standard time schedules. 
D)  long-distance telephones required standard time coordination. 
E)  All of these 
A)  Congress passed a law establishing this system. 
B)  the major rail lines decreed common fixed times so that they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks. 
C)  factories demanded standard time schedules. 
D)  long-distance telephones required standard time coordination. 
E)  All of these

Question 5

What do you think were the three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War? Explain your choices.

Accepted Answer

The three most significant consequences

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism is a theory that applie

Question 7

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was its

Accepted Answer

A)  racial exclusiveness. 
B)  support of skilled workers. 
C)  failure to admit women to its ranks. 
D)  abandonment of the concept of independent producers. 
E)  lack of class consciousness. 
A)  racial exclusiveness. 
B)  support of skilled workers. 
C)  failure to admit women to its ranks. 
D)  abandonment of the concept of independent producers. 
E)  lack of class consciousness.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Grange, officially named the Patrons

Question 9

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

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A)  companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding. 
B)  the federal government from favoring one business corporation over another. 
C)  the same corporation from doing business under different names. 
D)  private corporations or organizations from engaging in "combinations in restraint of trade." 
E)  competing companies from having interlocking corporate boards of directors. 
A)  companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding. 
B)  the federal government from favoring one business corporation over another. 
C)  the same corporation from doing business under different names. 
D)  private corporations or organizations from engaging in "combinations in restraint of trade." 
E)  competing companies from having interlocking corporate boards of directors.

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

The development of the railroad industry

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The Central Pacific Railroad was one of

Question 12

One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was

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A)  their movement to the suburbs. 
B)  the need for them to adjust their lives to the time clock. 
C)  the opportunity to relearn the ideals of Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  the narrowing of class divisions. 
E)  the encounter with other races. 
A)  their movement to the suburbs. 
B)  the need for them to adjust their lives to the time clock. 
C)  the opportunity to relearn the ideals of Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  the narrowing of class divisions. 
E)  the encounter with other races.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

In the late nineteenth century, the Cons

Question 14

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

Accepted Answer

A)  agriculture. 
B)  urbanization. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  immigration. 
E)  industrialization. 
A)  agriculture. 
B)  urbanization. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  immigration. 
E)  industrialization.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Russell Conwell (1843–1925) was an Ameri

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The "Gospel of Wealth" is a term that re

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Darwin

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) was an Englis

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Leland Stanford

Accepted Answer

Leland Stanford was a prominent American

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller was an American indu

Question 20

J.P.Morgan undermined competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of supposedly independent companies that he wanted to control.This method was known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  interlocking directorates 
B)  trust. 
C)  vertical integration. 
D)  pool. 
E)  holding company. 
A)  interlocking directorates 
B)  trust. 
C)  vertical integration. 
D)  pool. 
E)  holding company.

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Buchanan Duke

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

The United States changed to standard time zones when

What do you think were the three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War? Explain your choices.

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

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was its

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

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

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?

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

One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was

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

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Darwin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Leland Stanford

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

J.P.Morgan undermined competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of supposedly independent companies that he wanted to control.This method was known as a(n)

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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

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The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

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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

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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

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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

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