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The Interstate Commerce Act A) outlawed unfair pricing activities on the part of railroads B) outlawed the restraint of trade between states C) attempted to control business trusts D) extended subsidies to railroads E) none of the above

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A

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Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest? A) Congress of Industrial Organizations B) National Labor Union C) Industrial Workers of the World D) American Federation of Labor E) Knights of Labor

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E

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The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the A) assassination of Henry Frick B) federal governments 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

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C

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The head of the American Railway Union involved in the Pullman strike was A) William Bryan B) Terence Powderly C) Eugene Debs D) James Blaine E) James Duke

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C

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Which of the following was not a nineteenth century innovation? A) radio B) motion pictures C) telephone D) electric lights E) typewriters

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A

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During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act A) successfully dissolved the ten largest corporations in the US B) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court C) was never used at all D) was used by big business to break up unions and strikes E) failed to pass either house of congress

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D

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Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly in the ___ industry A) oil B) steel C) railroad D) textile E) coal

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B

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In US v EC Knight Company, the Supreme Court ruled that the A) sugar refining monopoly was illegal B) federal government had no authority over the economy C) Interstate Commerce Act was unconstitutional D) Sherman Antitrust Act regulated commerce but not manufacturing E) Sherman Antitrust Act was unconstitutional

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D

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The first labor union formed after the Civil War was the A) Cigar Makers Union B) National Labor Union C) Knights of Labor D) United Mine Workers Union E) American Federation of Labor

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B

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The railroad strike of 1877 A) was a major victory for the union workers B) led many cities to construct armories C) saw the middle class side with railroad workers D) was settled peacefully E) has remained the worst labor violence in American history

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B

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The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because A) President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike B) the US attorney general used a federal injunction against the railroads C) the Pullman Company compromised with the unions in order to prevent violence D) the strike leaders were honored in the naitonal capitol E) all of the above

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A

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In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was A) just entering the industrial revolution phase of development B) less productive than the three major powers C) the world leader in manufacturing output D) still basically an agricultural society E) unable to compete because of high labor costs

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C

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The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for A) social inequality B) capitalism C) the gap between the rich and poor D) wage labor E) all of the above

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E

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The Homestead Strike involved the A) United Mine Workers B) American Railway Association C) Knights of Labor D) Pullman workers E) Amalgamated Association of Iron, steel, and tin workers

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E

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After 1885 the fastest growing industry was A) steel B) oil C) railroads D) clothing E) coal mining

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D

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The nation's time zones A) originally numbered 10 B) were created by Congress at the request of railroads C) were violently opposed by farmers D) were initially created by private industry E) supported what Americans called "God's time"

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B

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One of the leading innovators in the production and marketing of goods at the turn of the century was A) Henry George B) James Duke C) Terence Powderly D) John D Rockefeller E) William McKinley

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B

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In 1901, JP Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the A) Standard Oil Company B) Northern Pacific Railroad C) American Tobacco Company D) Pullman Company E) US Steel Corporation

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E

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The idea of scientific management is most closely associated with A) Andrew Carnegie B) Frederick Taylor C) James B Duke D) John D Rockefeller E) Thomas Edison

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B

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The first assembly line was introduced in the A) steel industry B) automobile industry C) tobacco industry D) textile industry E) coal industry

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B

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For the most part, workers at Ford ___ the assembly line A) favored B) were indifferent to C) intensely disliked D) sabotaged E) violently resisted

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C

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Most European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1914 came from A) northern and western Europe B) eastern and southern Europe C) Africa D) Asia E) Mexico

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B

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For the most part, native-born American viewed the "new immigrants" as A) culturally sophisticated and racially fit B) politically mature C) groups who would enrich America's multicultural society D) capable of assimilating to American traditions E) racially inferior and culturally impoverished

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E

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The primary motivation for late-nineteenth century immigration was A) religious persecution B) political persecution C) economic hardship D) forced migration E) hardship caused by war

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C

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the quintessential force in the late-nineteenth-century city government was A) city hall B) the political machine C) the political party D) the mayor E) the wealthy private citizen

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B

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Ironically, labor was prevented from organizing because of the government's use of the A) interstate commerce clause B) jim crow laws C) sherman antitrust act D) voting rights act E) fourteenth amendment

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C

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The long-time president of the American Federation of Labor was A) Samuel Gompers B) "Big Bill" Haywood C) John L Lewis D) Eugene Debs E) Mark Hanna

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A

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William "Big Bill" Haywood was the leader of which of the following unions? A) AFL B) CIO C) IWW D) K of L E) NLU

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C

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the principle of "scientific management" included all of the following except A) training human laborers to work together like a machine B) managing industry by reducing unskilled labor C) producing as many goods as was scientifically possible D) cutting cost and making windfall profits E) eliminating waste

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B...

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By 1920, the majority of workers in American cities were A) highly skilled and well paid B) women C) immigrants D) highly skilled and poorly paid E) migrants from America's farms

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C

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Henry Ford's Model-T revolutionized US society by A) providing inexpensive, reliable transportation for working class Americans B) eliminating the railroads monopoly on transporting goods C) reducing industrial dependence on coal for fuel D) offering Americans choices and options E) encouraging workers to be creative of the job

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A

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Corporate consolidations or mergers were prompted primarily by a desire to A) encourage competition B) regulate expansion and insulate corporations from fluctuations in the economic cycle C) stimulate rate wars within the major markets D) reduce the role of investment bankers in the economy E) encourage government regulation of industry

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B

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The underlying goal of time-and-motion studies was to A) understand the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity B) make work less physically demanding for the individual worker C) eliminate waste by making human efforts smoother and more machine-like D) reduce the number of supervisors and managers in the workplace E) eliminate the need for child labor

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C

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The introduction of the assembly line at Ford led to all of he following except A) lower consumer costs B) increased productivity C) increased worker pay D) increased worker job satisfaction E) increased profit

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D

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The "gospel of wealth" A) encourages rich people to use this excess profits for the benefit of society B) was rejected by most Protestant denominations C) was a philosophy created by JP Morgan D) led to the first federal welfare program in US history E) led to higher income taxes on the rich

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A

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Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were similar in that they both A) baptists B) were partners in the creation of the US Steel Company C) flouted their wealth D) were widely beloved by the public as self-made men E) gave tens of millions of dollars to philanthropic causes

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E

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Most of the "new immigrants" A) intended to establish permanent homes and to become us citizens B) moved to the South to take advantage of industrial development there C) immediately joined labor unions D) hoped to work and save money in the US and then to return to their homelands E) bought farms

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D

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the first industrialist to advocate the Gospel of Wealth was A) Cornelius Vanderbilt B) John D Rockefeller C) Leland Stanford D) Andrew Carnegie E) Jay Gould

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D

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Andrew Carnegie provided money for the construction of 2,500 ___ throughout the country A) playgrounds B) public libraries C) elementary schools D) hospitals E) labor union halls

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B

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The nation's first subways were constructed in A) New York City B) Boston C) Philadelphia D) Chicago E) Trenton

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B

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