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As the size of the industrial work force grew in the late nineteenth century

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number of firms in given industry shrank

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Between 1870 and 1910, the percentage of people working in __________ shrank

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agriculture

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The major significance of Elihu Thomson's career was his

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general electric company

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An example of vertical integration was

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Gustavus Swift's control of all aspects of *meatpacking*

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The aggressive tactics of John D. Rockefeller were supported by his

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financial alliance with investment banker JP morgan

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The pioneer of horizontal integration was

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Rockefeller

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle focused on the problems of

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meatpacking

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The workplace of the late 1800s included which of the following conditions

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increased mechanization

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The use of sweatshops was most common in

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garment industry

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By 1900, legislative acts that regulated the horrors of child labor were

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not effectively enforced by authorities

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The Great Uprising of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's

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railway companies

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A major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was

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membership of the knights was open to all workers

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Seven policemen and four workers were killed by a bomb at Haymarket Square in

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chicago

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The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for

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getting the 8hr day

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According to your text, how many strikes were called in the late nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries

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22,000

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A huge group of Jewish immigrants escaped from the pogroms in

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Russia

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The number of immigrants from northern and western Europe was highest around

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1880-1890

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Jacob A. Riis's How the Other Half Lives focused on

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sordid life of the urban poor

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The American Protective Association specifically focused on

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limiting civil rights of catholic americans

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The term "Great Migration" refers to the

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mass movement of american black from rural south to urban north

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Stereotypes of blacks were reinforced

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by portrayals of black in vaudeville and film

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In 1900, the largest city in the United States was

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new york

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Residential suburbs were first populated by

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members of the middle class

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"Downtown" districts tended to include

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retail shops and financial institutions

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Which spectator sport was largely favored by the middle class at the turn of the century?

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professional baseball

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The term gilded age refers specifically to a time when

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materialistic excess and sharp social divisions existed

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After 1870,

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america inventiveness and tech progress flourished

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Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s,

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labor was done by artisians who controlled the pace of their labor

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An industrial owner who practiced horizontal integration

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bought out competitors in the same industry

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One disadvantage for American workers of the rise of corporations was

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corps now controlled conditions and nature of work

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One effect of workers being required to work long hours

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disrupts family life

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Regarding the increase of female workers, most Americans believed that

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a womans proper role was caring for home and family

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The purpose of the settlement house movement was to

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moderate poverty through neighborhood reconstruction

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism?

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"the laws of nature dictate the conditions of life for both poor and rich"

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A turning point in the Pullman strike occurred when

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president Cleveland ordered federal troop to enforce court order against the strike

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Horatio Alger stories

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reinforced gospel of wealth ideas

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American workers were drawn to the American Federation of Labor's

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emphasis on collective bargaining

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Andrew Carnegie stated a differing view of the Gospel of Wealth by expressing that

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the affluent class should return some of their wealth to working class communities

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In the urban, working-class neighborhoods of the early twentieth century

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immigrants tended to live among people from the same homeland

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Immigration and migration patterns from 1880-1910 resulted in

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impressive growth of many cities

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Of the following groups that migrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century, which were motivated

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russian jews

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Francesco Barone's success in America led to

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chain migration of Sicilians to his new town

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Which of the following conditions in Italy was least important for Italians deciding to migrate in the late nineteenth century

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too high mortality rate

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In the latter part of the nineteenth century, countries that attracted migrants usually

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had growing industrial academies

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Of the following, the last to enter the "middle class" in America was the

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factory supervisor

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Coney Island in New York served as an optimal example of Americans' love for

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amusement park and tech wonders

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Joseph Pulitzer and Randolph Hearst capitalized on the middle class's taste for

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getting news in an easy to read format

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An effect of the rise of corporations in America was

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stimulation of capital investment and tech advances

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Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist

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"The nation's purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners."

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new middle class

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pioneered national social trends

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