HIST 2620 Chapter 18 Quiz (UNT) – Flashcards
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Between 1870 and 1910, the percentage of people working in __________ shrank.
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agriculture
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A turning point in the Pullman strike occurred when
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President Cleveland ordered federal troops to enforce a court order against the strike.
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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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The aggressive tactics of John D. Rockefeller were supported by his
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financial alliance with investment banker J. P. Morgan.
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A major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was
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membership in the Knights of Labor was open to all workers.
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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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Of the following, the last to enter the "middle class" in America was the
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factory supervisor.
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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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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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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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One disadvantage for American workers of the rise of corporations was:
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corporations now controlled the conditions and nature of work.
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An effect of the rise of corporations in America was
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a stimulation of capital investment and technological advances.
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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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American workers were drawn to the American Federation of Labor's
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emphasis on collective bargaining.
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Of the following groups that migrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century, which were motivated most by fear of violence?
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Russian Jews
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Immigration and migration patterns from 1860-1920 resulted in
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the impressive growth of many cities.
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"Downtown" districts tended to include:
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retail shops and financial institutions.
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After 1870
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American inventiveness and technological progress flourished.
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Coney Island in New York served as an optimal example of Americans' love for
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amusement parks and technological wonders.
