Question 1

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

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The Mesabi Range is a region of northeas

Question 2

Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," argued that

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A)  only a few large corporations were fit to survive in the industrial jungle. 
B)  society owed a basic standard of living to even its weakest members. 
C)  there should be mental and physical competitions to determine fitness to survive and succeed in society. 
D)  fitness to survive and thrive could be proven only through physical competition. 
E)  the wealthy deserved their riches because they had demonstrated greater abilities than the poor. 
A)  only a few large corporations were fit to survive in the industrial jungle. 
B)  society owed a basic standard of living to even its weakest members. 
C)  there should be mental and physical competitions to determine fitness to survive and succeed in society. 
D)  fitness to survive and thrive could be proven only through physical competition. 
E)  the wealthy deserved their riches because they had demonstrated greater abilities than the poor.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Standard Oil Company

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The Standard Oil Company, founded by Joh

Question 4

Which of the following was not among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons?

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A)  Bribing judges and state legislatures 
B)  Forcing their employees to buy railroad company stock 
C)  Providing free railroad passes to journalists and politicians 
D)  Watering railroad stocks and bonds in order to sell them at inflated prices 
E)  Receiving kickbacks from powerful shippers 
A)  Bribing judges and state legislatures 
B)  Forcing their employees to buy railroad company stock 
C)  Providing free railroad passes to journalists and politicians 
D)  Watering railroad stocks and bonds in order to sell them at inflated prices 
E)  Receiving kickbacks from powerful shippers

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.

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The three most significant consequences

Question 6

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 7

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

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John Peter Altgeld (1847–1902) was an Am

Question 8

Thomas Edison was instrumental in the invention of the

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A)  electric light. 
B)  telephone. 
C)  mimeograph machine. 
D)  motion picture. 
E)  radio. 
A)  electric light. 
B)  telephone. 
C)  mimeograph machine. 
D)  motion picture. 
E)  radio.

Question 9

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...

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Philip Armour

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Philip Armour (1832–1901) was an America

Question 11

Efforts to regulate the monopolizing practices of railroad corporations first came in the form of action by

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A)  Congress. 
B)  the Supreme Court. 
C)  state referendums and initiatives. 
D)  President Cleveland's anti-trust activities. 
E)  state legislatures. 
A)  Congress. 
B)  the Supreme Court. 
C)  state referendums and initiatives. 
D)  President Cleveland's anti-trust activities. 
E)  state legislatures.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-pure and simple unionism

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Pure and simple unionism refers to a lab

Question 13

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 14

The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

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A)  lay off tens of thousands of American workers from factories. 
B)  hire American workers rather than foreign immigrants. 
C)  replace skilled labor with machinery. 
D)  build extremely large factories in dedicated industrial districts. 
E)  pay higher wages to retain a steady workforce. 
A)  lay off tens of thousands of American workers from factories. 
B)  hire American workers rather than foreign immigrants. 
C)  replace skilled labor with machinery. 
D)  build extremely large factories in dedicated industrial districts. 
E)  pay higher wages to retain a steady workforce.

Question 15

John D. Rockefeller's organizational technique of horizontal integration involved

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A)  franchising Standard Oil gasoline stations to independent operators. 
B)  combining andcontrolling all phases of the oil industry from drilling to commercial retailing. 
C)  creating standardized job assignments and fixed production and sales quotas for all employees. 
D)  forcing small competitors to assign stock to Standard Oil, then consolidating and integrating the operations of the previously
Competing enterprises, or lose their business. 
E)  developing multiple uses for oil in transportation, lighting, and industry. 
A)  franchising Standard Oil gasoline stations to independent operators. 
B)  combining andcontrolling all phases of the oil industry from drilling to commercial retailing. 
C)  creating standardized job assignments and fixed production and sales quotas for all employees. 
D)  forcing small competitors to assign stock to Standard Oil, then consolidating and integrating the operations of the previously
Competing enterprises, or lose their business. 
E)  developing multiple uses for oil in transportation, lighting, and industry.

Question 16

Compare and contrast the National Labor Union, Knights of Labor, and American Federation of Labor in regard to their origins, goals, organizing strategies, and leadership. Account for the failure of the first two and for the success of the AFL.What might have made a difference in making the Knights of Labor a successful labor union in the long-term?

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The National Labor Union, Knights of Lab

Question 17

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

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William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) was a

Question 18

Two technological innovations that greatly expanded the industrial employment of women in the late nineteenth century were the

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A)  typewriter and the telephone. 
B)  electric light and the phonograph. 
C)  Bessemer steel process and the internal combustion engine. 
D)  streetcar and the bicycle. 
E)  electric refrigerator and stove. 
A)  typewriter and the telephone. 
B)  electric light and the phonograph. 
C)  Bessemer steel process and the internal combustion engine. 
D)  streetcar and the bicycle. 
E)  electric refrigerator and stove.

Question 19

Business leaders of the late nineteenth century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?

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The characterization of business leaders

Question 20

One group barred from membership in the Knights of Labor was

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  "nonproducers" such asliquor dealers, professionalgamblers, lawyers, bankers, and stockbrokers. 
C)  women. 
D)  immigrants. 
E)  unskilled workers. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  "nonproducers" such asliquor dealers, professionalgamblers, lawyers, bankers, and stockbrokers. 
C)  women. 
D)  immigrants. 
E)  unskilled workers.

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

Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," argued that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Standard Oil Company

Which of the following was not among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons?

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

America's first billion-dollar corporation was

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

Thomas Edison was instrumental in the invention of the

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Philip Armour

Efforts to regulate the monopolizing practices of railroad corporations first came in the form of action by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -pure and simple unionism

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

The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

John D. Rockefeller's organizational technique of horizontal integration involved

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

Two technological innovations that greatly expanded the industrial employment of women in the late nineteenth century were the

Business leaders of the late nineteenth century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?

One group barred from membership in the Knights of Labor was

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

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

Believers in the doctrine of "survival of the fittest," argued that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Standard Oil Company

Which of the following was not among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons?

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

America's first billion-dollar corporation was

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

Thomas Edison was instrumental in the invention of the

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Philip Armour

Efforts to regulate the monopolizing practices of railroad corporations first came in the form of action by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -pure and simple unionism

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

The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

John D. Rockefeller's organizational technique of horizontal integration involved

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

Two technological innovations that greatly expanded the industrial employment of women in the late nineteenth century were the

Business leaders of the late nineteenth century have been characterized both as greedy and unscrupulous robber barons and as great captains of industry whose entrepreneurial skill and tactics produced economic growth. Which view do you find more persuasive? Why?

One group barred from membership in the Knights of Labor was

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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