Question 1

All of the following were important factors in post-Civil War industrial expansion except

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A)  a large pool of unskilled labor. 
B)  an abundance of natural resources. 
C)  American ingenuity and inventiveness. 
D)  immigration restrictions. 
E)  a political climate favoring business. 
A)  a large pool of unskilled labor. 
B)  an abundance of natural resources. 
C)  American ingenuity and inventiveness. 
D)  immigration restrictions. 
E)  a political climate favoring business.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Haymarket Square

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Haymarket Square refers to the site of t

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-bor

Question 4

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of

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A)  mining companies. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  oil companies. 
D)  railroad corporations. 
E)  banking syndicates. 
A)  mining companies. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  oil companies. 
D)  railroad corporations. 
E)  banking syndicates.

Question 5

Match each labor organization below with the correct description. 
A.National Labor Union
B.Knights of Labor
C.American Federation of Labor
1)The "one big union" that championed producer cooperatives and industrial arbitration
2)A social-reform union killed by the depression of the 1870s
3)An association of unions pursuing higher wages, shorter working hours, and better working conditions

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

Question 6

Andrew Carnegie's system of vertical integration

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A)  combined all facets of an industry, from raw material to final product, within a single company. 
B)  created an industrial association through which member companies could wield much power. 
C)  embraced the notion of buying up competitors and forming a monopoly interest. 
D)  required smaller competitors to agree to standardized rates set by larger firms. 
E)  None of these 
A)  combined all facets of an industry, from raw material to final product, within a single company. 
B)  created an industrial association through which member companies could wield much power. 
C)  embraced the notion of buying up competitors and forming a monopoly interest. 
D)  required smaller competitors to agree to standardized rates set by larger firms. 
E)  None of these

Question 7

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?

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During the late nineteenth century, the

Question 8

Although they were commonly called "Social Darwinists," advocates of economic, national, or racial "survival of the fittest" ideas actually drew less on biologist Charles Darwin than on

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A)  English philosopher Herbert Spencer and Yale professor William Graham Sumner. 
B)  German philosophers like G.W.F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche. 
C)  American literary figures like Jack London and Theodore Dreiser. 
D)  European scientists like Gregor Mendel and Louis Pasteur. 
E)  racist theorists like Arthur Gobineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. 
A)  English philosopher Herbert Spencer and Yale professor William Graham Sumner. 
B)  German philosophers like G.W.F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche. 
C)  American literary figures like Jack London and Theodore Dreiser. 
D)  European scientists like Gregor Mendel and Louis Pasteur. 
E)  racist theorists like Arthur Gobineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain.

Question 9

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

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The Grange, officially named the Patrons

Question 10

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

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J. Pierpont Morgan was a prominent Ameri

Question 11

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 did they do so? Why did U.S. government efforts to curb these effective monopolies mostly fail?

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American capitalist businessmen justifie

Question 12

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

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Horizontal integration is a business str

Question 13

The oil industry became a huge business

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A)  with the building of kerosene-fueled electric generators. 
B)  when the federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil. 
C)  with the invention of the internal combustion engine. 
D)  when diesel engines were perfected. 
E)  when oil shipping tankers were constructed on a massive scale. 
A)  with the building of kerosene-fueled electric generators. 
B)  when the federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil. 
C)  with the invention of the internal combustion engine. 
D)  when diesel engines were perfected. 
E)  when oil shipping tankers were constructed on a massive scale.

Question 14

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 15

Make a list of the combination of factors that produced the growth and industrialization of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. Then pick two factors that you think were especially important. Explain your choices.

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The growth and industrialization of the

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bessemer process

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The Bessemer process was a revolutionary

Question 17

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

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A)  help freedmen to work in factories. 
B)  incorporate big businesses. 
C)  allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes. 
D)  avoid corporate regulation by the states. 
E)  protect the civil rights of business people. 
A)  help freedmen to work in factories. 
B)  incorporate big businesses. 
C)  allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes. 
D)  avoid corporate regulation by the states. 
E)  protect the civil rights of business people.

Question 18

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

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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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois (1886)

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Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Com

Question 20

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified. 
A. Andrew Carnegie
B. John D. Rockefeller
C. J. Pierpont Morgan
1)Interlocking directorate
2)Trust
3)Vertical integration
4)Pool

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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

All of the following were important factors in post-Civil War industrial expansion except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Haymarket Square

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alexander Graham Bell

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of

Andrew Carnegie's system of vertical integration

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?

Although they were commonly called "Social Darwinists," advocates of economic, national, or racial "survival of the fittest" ideas actually drew less on biologist Charles Darwin than on

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

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

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

The oil industry became a huge business

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?

Make a list of the combination of factors that produced the growth and industrialization of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. Then pick two factors that you think were especially important. Explain your choices.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bessemer process

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois (1886)

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified. A. Andrew Carnegie B. John D. Rockefeller C. J. Pierpont Morgan 1)Interlocking directorate 2)Trust 3)Vertical integration 4)Pool

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

All of the following were important factors in post-Civil War industrial expansion except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Haymarket Square

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alexander Graham Bell

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of

Andrew Carnegie's system of vertical integration

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?

Although they were commonly called "Social Darwinists," advocates of economic, national, or racial "survival of the fittest" ideas actually drew less on biologist Charles Darwin than on

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

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

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

The oil industry became a huge business

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?

Make a list of the combination of factors that produced the growth and industrialization of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. Then pick two factors that you think were especially important. Explain your choices.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bessemer process

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois (1886)

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified. A. Andrew Carnegie B. John D. Rockefeller C. J. Pierpont Morgan 1)Interlocking directorate 2)Trust 3)Vertical integration 4)Pool

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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