Question 1

Agreements between railroad corporations to divide the business in a given area and share the profits were called

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A)  pools. 
B)  trusts. 
C)  rebates. 
D)  interlocking directorates. 
E)  holding companies. 
A)  pools. 
B)  trusts. 
C)  rebates. 
D)  interlocking directorates. 
E)  holding companies.

Question 2

In its efforts on behalf of workers,the National Labor Union won

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A)  an eight-hour day for all workers. 
B)  government arbitration for industrial disputes. 
C)  equal pay for women. 
D)  an eight-hour day for government workers. 
E)  the right to collective bargaining. 
A)  an eight-hour day for all workers. 
B)  government arbitration for industrial disputes. 
C)  equal pay for women. 
D)  an eight-hour day for government workers. 
E)  the right to collective bargaining.

Question 3

Which was most important to the rapid pace of American industrialization in the late nineteenth century: the abundance of raw materials,an integrated national market under the same governmental system,the organizational drive of American corporate leaders,or the creativity of American inventors? Defend your answer.

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The most important factor to the rapid p

Question 4

The people who found fault with the 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)  slowed technological advances. 
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)  slowed technological advances.

Question 5

Which one of the following is least like the other four?

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A)  Closed shop 
B)  Lockout 
C)  Yellow dog contract 
D)  Blacklist 
E)  Company town 
A)  Closed shop 
B)  Lockout 
C)  Yellow dog contract 
D)  Blacklist 
E)  Company town

Question 6

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 7

The greatest single factor helping to spur the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years was

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A)  agriculture. 
B)  mining. 
C)  the steel industry. 
D)  electric power. 
E)  the railroad network. 
A)  agriculture. 
B)  mining. 
C)  the steel industry. 
D)  electric power. 
E)  the railroad network.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

The South's major attraction for potential investors was

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A)  readily available raw materials. 
B)  a warm climate. 
C)  good transportation. 
D)  cheap labor. 
E)  ethnic diversity. 
A)  readily available raw materials. 
B)  a warm climate. 
C)  good transportation. 
D)  cheap labor. 
E)  ethnic diversity.

Question 10

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 11

The authors state that "competition was the bogeyman of most business leaders" during the late nineteenth century.What do they mean by this? How did these business leaders respond to the bogeyman of competition?

Accepted Answer

During the late nineteenth century, the

Question 12

John D.Rockefeller used all of the following tactics to achieve his domination of the oil industry except

Accepted Answer

A)  employing spies. 
B)  extorting rebates from railroads. 
C)  using federal agents to break his competitors. 
D)  pursuing a policy of rule or ruin. 
E)  using high-pressure sales methods. 
A)  employing spies. 
B)  extorting rebates from railroads. 
C)  using federal agents to break his competitors. 
D)  pursuing a policy of rule or ruin. 
E)  using high-pressure sales methods.

Question 13

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 caboose 
A)  Steel rails 
B)  Air brakes 
C)  Standard gauge tracks 
D)  The block signal 
E)  The caboose

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Pittsburgh plus" pricing

Accepted Answer

"Pittsburgh plus" pricing refers to a pr

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Federation of Labor

Accepted Answer

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) w

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The New York Central Railroad (NYC), kno

Question 17

The only transcontinental railroad built without government aid was the

Accepted Answer

A)  New York Central. 
B)  Northern Pacific. 
C)  Union Pacific. 
D)  Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe. 
E)  Great Northern. 
A)  New York Central. 
B)  Northern Pacific. 
C)  Union Pacific. 
D)  Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe. 
E)  Great Northern.

Question 18

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

Accepted Answer

A)  spread the U.S. population across the whole continent. 
B)  enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities. 
C)  united the nation into a single, integrated national market. 
D)  made it possible for some immigrants to settle in the West. 
E)  developed a skilled industrial workforce. 
A)  spread the U.S. population across the whole continent. 
B)  enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities. 
C)  united the nation into a single, integrated national market. 
D)  made it possible for some immigrants to settle in the West. 
E)  developed a skilled industrial workforce.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Vertical integration is a business strat

Question 20

American capitalist businessmen usually justified their wealth on the basis of the "survival of the fittest." Yet in practice,most of them disliked business competition and sought to create effective monopolies.Why?

Accepted Answer

American capitalist businessmen justifie

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Agreements between railroad corporations to divide the business in a given area and share the profits were called

In its efforts on behalf of workers,the National Labor Union won

The people who found fault with the captains of industry mostly argued that these men

Which one of the following is least like the other four?

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

The greatest single factor helping to spur the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years was

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

The South's major attraction for potential investors was

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

The authors state that "competition was the bogeyman of most business leaders" during the late nineteenth century.What do they mean by this? How did these business leaders respond to the bogeyman of competition?

John D.Rockefeller used all of the following tactics to achieve his domination of the oil industry except

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: -"Pittsburgh plus" pricing

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Federation of Labor

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

The only transcontinental railroad built without government aid was the

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

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

American capitalist businessmen usually justified their wealth on the basis of the "survival of the fittest." Yet in practice,most of them disliked business competition and sought to create effective monopolies.Why?

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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