Question 1

Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Cornelius Vanderbilt made most of his money in railroads.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Compare the aims and achievements of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World. What common ground do they share? What factors help explain their differences?

Accepted Answer

The Knights of Labor, the American Feder

Question 5

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-J. Pierpont Morgan

Accepted Answer

A) founded Standard Oil 
B) was president of the Homestead Steel Works 
C) led the Knights of Labor 
D) wrote "The Gospel of Wealth" 
E) was a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
F)founded a mail-order business
G)coined the phrase "social dynamite"
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California
I)was a labor organizer executed for murder
J)consolidated the steel industry into the United States Steel Corporation 
A) founded Standard Oil 
B) was president of the Homestead Steel Works 
C) led the Knights of Labor 
D) wrote "The Gospel of Wealth" 
E) was a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
F)founded a mail-order business
G)coined the phrase "social dynamite"
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California
I)was a labor organizer executed for murder
J)consolidated the steel industry into the United States Steel Corporation

Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.

The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah.

Cornelius Vanderbilt made most of his money in railroads.

Compare the aims and achievements of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World. What common ground do they share? What factors help explain their differences?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -J. Pierpont Morgan

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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

Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.

The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah.

Cornelius Vanderbilt made most of his money in railroads.

Compare the aims and achievements of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World. What common ground do they share? What factors help explain their differences?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -J. Pierpont Morgan

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

Filters