Question 1

____________________ was the inventor of a cigarette-making machine that revolutionized the production of cigarettes.

Accepted Answer

James Albe

Question 2

During the Homestead strike,public sympathy began with the strikers but shifted against them over time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss the economic changes that took place in U.S.society during the period known as the Gilded Age.Explain the origin of the phrase "Gilded Age" and examine the events and trends that illustrate the appropriateness of the name.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-conspicuous consumption

Accepted Answer

phrase popularized by Thorstein Veblen i

Question 5

The Sherman Antitrust Act was first used against labor unions during the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Sherman Antitrust Act was first used...

Question 6

The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for

Accepted Answer

A) the assassination of Henry Frick. 
B) federal government's criticism of Andrew Carnegie. 
C) armed resistance by striking steel workers. 
D) intercession by the president on behalf of the strikers. 
E) arrest of Eugene Debs. 
A) the assassination of Henry Frick. 
B) federal government's criticism of Andrew Carnegie. 
C) armed resistance by striking steel workers. 
D) intercession by the president on behalf of the strikers. 
E) arrest of Eugene Debs.

Question 7

Which of the following events occurred first?

Accepted Answer

A) founding of Knights of Labor 
B) Haymarket Square incident 
C) founding of American Federation of Labor 
D) Homestead strike 
E) Depression of 1893 
A) founding of Knights of Labor 
B) Haymarket Square incident 
C) founding of American Federation of Labor 
D) Homestead strike 
E) Depression of 1893

Question 8

The Farmers' Alliance advocated

Accepted Answer

A) importation of Asians to provide cheap farm labor. 
B) cooperatives to eliminate middlemen and to maximize farmers' profits. 
C) federal production and price controls. 
D) limitations on the number of women and children employed as farm workers. 
E) re-establishing slavery. 
A) importation of Asians to provide cheap farm labor. 
B) cooperatives to eliminate middlemen and to maximize farmers' profits. 
C) federal production and price controls. 
D) limitations on the number of women and children employed as farm workers. 
E) re-establishing slavery.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Pinkertons

Accepted Answer

detectives who provided securi

Question 10

The Knights of Labor parted from normal labor organization because they

Accepted Answer

A) were organized by industry rather than by craft. 
B) were organized by craft rather than by industry. 
C) admitted only skilled labor. 
D) were relatively unorganized. 
E) sought only higher wages and better working conditions. 
A) were organized by industry rather than by craft. 
B) were organized by craft rather than by industry. 
C) admitted only skilled labor. 
D) were relatively unorganized. 
E) sought only higher wages and better working conditions.

Question 11

The Great Railway Strike and the Homestead Strike both took place during periods of economic downturns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-trust

Accepted Answer

term for John D.Rockefeller's investment

Question 13

Who were the critics of the American economic system during the Gilded Age? What were their criticisms? What did they propose?

Accepted Answer

Although the Gilded Age was a period of

Question 14

Social Darwinism argued that human history witnessed the

Accepted Answer

A) inevitable evolution of the weakest groups to the positions of highest power. 
B) inevitable collapse of capitalism. 
C) evolution of humans from the ape. 
D) eventual disintegration of Western civilization. 
E) struggle among the races,with the strongest triumphing. 
A) inevitable evolution of the weakest groups to the positions of highest power. 
B) inevitable collapse of capitalism. 
C) evolution of humans from the ape. 
D) eventual disintegration of Western civilization. 
E) struggle among the races,with the strongest triumphing.

Question 15

The U.S.v.E.C.Knight Company court case dealt a crippling blow to

Accepted Answer

A) Interstate Commerce Act. 
B) corporate mergers. 
C) Sherman Anti Trust Act. 
D) steel and oil industries. 
E) local law enforcement. 
A) Interstate Commerce Act. 
B) corporate mergers. 
C) Sherman Anti Trust Act. 
D) steel and oil industries. 
E) local law enforcement.

Question 16

The issue that caused the Populist Party to be absorbed by the Democratic Party was

Accepted Answer

A) income tax. 
B) the coinage of silver. 
C) government control of railroads. 
D) direct election of senators. 
E) women's suffrage. 
A) income tax. 
B) the coinage of silver. 
C) government control of railroads. 
D) direct election of senators. 
E) women's suffrage.

Question 17

Define,describe,and evaluate the "robber barons."

Accepted Answer

The leading businessmen of the Gilded Ag

Question 18

Among southern states,in 1892 Populists garnered more than 20 percent of the vote only in

Accepted Answer

A) Georgia and Alabama. 
B) Texas and Virginia. 
C) Mississippi and Georgia. 
D) Alabama and Texas. 
E) South Carolina and Florida. 
A) Georgia and Alabama. 
B) Texas and Virginia. 
C) Mississippi and Georgia. 
D) Alabama and Texas. 
E) South Carolina and Florida.

Question 19

The ____________________ was young,athletic and self confident.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ was young,athletic and self confident....

Question 20

In the 1920s,few Americans could afford automobiles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 19: The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

____________________ was the inventor of a cigarette-making machine that revolutionized the production of cigarettes.

During the Homestead strike,public sympathy began with the strikers but shifted against them over time.

Discuss the economic changes that took place in U.S.society during the period known as the Gilded Age.Explain the origin of the phrase "Gilded Age" and examine the events and trends that illustrate the appropriateness of the name.

IDENTIFICATIONS -conspicuous consumption

The Sherman Antitrust Act was first used against labor unions during the ____________________.

The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for

Which of the following events occurred first?

The Farmers' Alliance advocated

IDENTIFICATIONS -Pinkertons

The Knights of Labor parted from normal labor organization because they

The Great Railway Strike and the Homestead Strike both took place during periods of economic downturns.

IDENTIFICATIONS -trust

Who were the critics of the American economic system during the Gilded Age? What were their criticisms? What did they propose?

Social Darwinism argued that human history witnessed the

The U.S.v.E.C.Knight Company court case dealt a crippling blow to

The issue that caused the Populist Party to be absorbed by the Democratic Party was

Define,describe,and evaluate the "robber barons."

Among southern states,in 1892 Populists garnered more than 20 percent of the vote only in

The ____________________ was young,athletic and self confident.

In the 1920s,few Americans could afford automobiles.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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