Question 1

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 choices are correct. 
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 choices are correct.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Carnegie

Accepted Answer

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American

Question 3

Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?

Accepted Answer

A)  The electric light bulb 
B)  The phonograph 
C)  The mimeograph 
D)  The electric dynamo 
E)  The motion picture 
A)  The electric light bulb 
B)  The phonograph 
C)  The mimeograph 
D)  The electric dynamo 
E)  The motion picture

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Interstate Commerce Act

Accepted Answer

The Interstate Commerce Act, passed by t

Question 5

Why did labor unions find it difficult to organize industrial workers in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Labor unions found it difficult to organ

Question 6

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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A)  interlocking directorates 
B)  trust. 
C)  vertical integration. 
D)  pool. 
E)  fraudulent assignment 
A)  interlocking directorates 
B)  trust. 
C)  vertical integration. 
D)  pool. 
E)  fraudulent assignment

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James J. Hill

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James J. Hill, known as the "Empire Buil

Question 8

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 9

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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

Question 10

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

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A)  steel. 
B)  oil. 
C)  textiles. 
D)  cigarettes. 
E)  alcohol. 
A)  steel. 
B)  oil. 
C)  textiles. 
D)  cigarettes. 
E)  alcohol.

Question 11

During the age of industrialization, the South

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A)  was not targeted by northern industrialists who sought to introduce factories into the region. 
B)  received preferential treatment from the railroads. 
C)  turned away from agriculture 
D)  made major efforts to industrialize that ultimately transformed the economic culture of the South, making the region much more industrial. 
E)  remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. 
A)  was not targeted by northern industrialists who sought to introduce factories into the region. 
B)  received preferential treatment from the railroads. 
C)  turned away from agriculture 
D)  made major efforts to industrialize that ultimately transformed the economic culture of the South, making the region much more industrial. 
E)  remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A company town is a community where near

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

"Pittsburgh plus" pricing refers to a pr

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A yellow dog contract, also known as an

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Injunctions are legal orders issued by a

Question 16

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

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

Question 17

Historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism in the post-Civil War era generally concede that class-based protest

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A)  was a more galvanizing and more violent phenomenon among the lower classes in the United States than it was in Europe. 
B)  was less than in Europe because of America's greater level of social mobility. 
C)  was dampened by the fact large numbers of Americans in post-Civil War era made small improvements in their economic and social status. 
D)  was diluted by differences in social mobility, according to race and ethnicity. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  was a more galvanizing and more violent phenomenon among the lower classes in the United States than it was in Europe. 
B)  was less than in Europe because of America's greater level of social mobility. 
C)  was dampened by the fact large numbers of Americans in post-Civil War era made small improvements in their economic and social status. 
D)  was diluted by differences in social mobility, according to race and ethnicity. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 18

By 1900, American attitudes toward labor began to change as the public came to recognize the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike. Nevertheless,

Accepted Answer

A)  labor unions continued to decline in membership. 
B)  the American Federation of Labor failed to take advantage of the situation. 
C)  the vast majority of employers continued to fight organized labor. 
D)  Congress declared the AFL illegal. 
E)  workers began to turn to the Socialist party. 
A)  labor unions continued to decline in membership. 
B)  the American Federation of Labor failed to take advantage of the situation. 
C)  the vast majority of employers continued to fight organized labor. 
D)  Congress declared the AFL illegal. 
E)  workers began to turn to the Socialist party.

Question 19

Compare and contrast the methods used by late-nineteenth-century corporations to control competition⎯especially the pool, trust, interlocking directorate, and vertical integration.

Accepted Answer

In the late-nineteenth century, corporat

Question 20

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late nineteenth century came from

Accepted Answer

A)  surplus wealth generated by agriculture. 
B)  the state governments. 
C)  private foreign investors. 
D)  individual Americans' savings. 
E)  the sale of confiscated Confederate land and property. 
A)  surplus wealth generated by agriculture. 
B)  the state governments. 
C)  private foreign investors. 
D)  individual Americans' savings. 
E)  the sale of confiscated Confederate land and property.

The United States changed to standard time zones when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Interstate Commerce Act

Why did labor unions find it difficult to organize industrial workers in the late nineteenth century?

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)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James J. Hill

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

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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

During the age of industrialization, the South

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

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

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

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

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

Historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism in the post-Civil War era generally concede that class-based protest

By 1900, American attitudes toward labor began to change as the public came to recognize the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike. Nevertheless,

Compare and contrast the methods used by late-nineteenth-century corporations to control competition⎯especially the pool, trust, interlocking directorate, and vertical integration.

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late nineteenth century came from

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 3: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The United States changed to standard time zones when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Interstate Commerce Act

Why did labor unions find it difficult to organize industrial workers in the late nineteenth century?

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)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James J. Hill

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

Many southerners saw employment in the textile mills as

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

During the age of industrialization, the South

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

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

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

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

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

Historians critical of the captains of industry and capitalism in the post-Civil War era generally concede that class-based protest

By 1900, American attitudes toward labor began to change as the public came to recognize the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike. Nevertheless,

Compare and contrast the methods used by late-nineteenth-century corporations to control competition⎯especially the pool, trust, interlocking directorate, and vertical integration.

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late nineteenth century came from

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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