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In the late nineteenth century, industry in the United States
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saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth.
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Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?
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John D. Rockefeller
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Prior to the Civil War, the steel industry in the United States
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barely developed at all.
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The process of making steel developed by Henry Bessemer
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The open-hearth process of making steel
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made the production of large-dimension pieces possible.
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In the United States, the steel industry first emerged in
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Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was created by
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the Pennsylvania Steel Company.
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In the late nineteenth century, the needs of the American steel industry directly contributed to the further development of all of the following EXCEPT
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the automobile industry.
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The first significant oil production in the United States occurred in
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Pennsylvania.
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In the 1870s, the "internal combustion engine" was developed in
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Europe.
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In 1917, automobile production in the United States
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saw nearly five million cars on American roads.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903
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took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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In 1900, the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations
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led to a diversification of research interests.
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In the early twentieth century, a principle goal of "Taylorism" was to
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reorganize industrial production by subdividing it into many simple tasks.
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A key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was
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the moving assembly line.
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In 1929, the base price of a Ford Model T was
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$290.
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Which of the following statements about the American railroad industry in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?
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It saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations.
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During the late nineteenth century, the growth of large corporations was helped by
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Who among the following was NOT significantly associated with the steel industry?
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James J. Hill
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The business structure of Carnegie Steel was a good example of
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vertical integration.
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The business structure of Standard Oil was a good example of
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vertical and horizontal integration.
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To John D. Rockefeller, the great "curse" of business in the late nineteenth century was
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cutthroat competition.
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In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century,
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one percent of corporations controlled one-third of all manufacturing.
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In the late nineteenth century, most American business millionaires
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began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege.
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The theory of Social Darwinism
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was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism.
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In the late nineteenth century, Social Darwinists argued that people who failed economically in the United States did so because
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they were not fit enough to survive in the market.
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In the late nineteenth century, the first and most important promoter of Social Darwinism was
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Herbert Spencer.
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According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his The Gospel of Wealth,
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the rich had great responsibilities to society.
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In his books, Horatio Alger
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emphasized the value of personal character in business.
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The late-nineteenth-century sociologist Lester Frank Ward
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believed that human intelligence, not natural selection, shaped society.
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In the late nineteenth century, Daniel De Leon
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led the Socialist Labor Party in the United States.
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In the late nineteenth century, the social writer Henry George argued in favor of
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a single land tax to replace all other taxes.
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Edward Bellamy's 1888 book, Looking Backward,
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imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust.
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In the late nineteenth century, due to the growth of industrial capitalism, American workers
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During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from
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England, Ireland, and northern Europe.
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Until its repeal in 1885, the Labor Contract Law
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put many new immigrants in debt to American businessmen.
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By 1900, the average yearly income of American workers
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None of these answers is correct.
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In 1900, regarding work conditions in American factories,
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laborers could expect to work at least ten hours a day, six days a week.
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During the late nineteenth century, child labor in the United States
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increased significantly.
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The Molly Maguires were a militant
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labor union in the coal industry.
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The great railroad strike of 1877
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was launched in response to a wage cut.
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The Knights of Labor
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began as a secret fraternal organization.
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At its height in 1886, the Knights of Labor were led by
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Terence V. Powderly.
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Samuel Gompers was the leader of the
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American Federation of Labor.
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The Haymarket Square riot of 1886
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resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.
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During the late nineteenth century, anarchists in the United States
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In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur?
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steel
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Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892?
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The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.
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The Pullman strike of 1894 began when George Pullman, owner of the company,
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cut wages by twenty-five percent due to a slumping economy.
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The Pullman strike of 1894
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saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike.
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Eugene V. Debs played a leading role in what labor event?
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Pullman strike
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In the late nineteenth century, organized labor failed to make great gains for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of workers.
