Exam 17: Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

Write an essay that explains why labor unions developed as they did in the United States. What factors shaped the growth of labor unions during this period? What factors delayed or weakened their growth? What were their limitations and what achievements can they claim?

The Foran Act made it illegal for federal or state government workers to join labor unions.

Thomas Alva Edison invented the:

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All of the following factors helped accelerate economic growth after the Civil War EXCEPT:

The Ladies' Home Journal included all the following sections EXCEPT:

The number of inventions registered at the U.S. Patent Office remained fairly constant through the nineteenth century.

The work of Cornelius Vanderbilt helps emphasize that:

Discuss the various major strikes that occurred after the Civil War. Include the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Homestead strike, and the Pullman strike. What were the similarities and differences with each?

For industrial workers in Gilded Age America:

By the 1880s, most states had outlawed child labor.

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Mary "Mother" Jones promoted all of the following causes EXCEPT:

Trace the development and completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Identify the factors that delayed its development, what obstacles had to be removed before it could proceed, and why its completion was significant to the United States.

Andrew Carnegie was an outspoken opponent of the idea of the "Gospel of Wealth."

The golden spike used to connect the final rails symbolized:

J. Pierpont Morgan is distinguished from business leaders Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller because he:

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The Workingmen's Party of California:

Industrialization transformed not only the economy and the workplace, but also the nation's: