History Midterm – Flashcards
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The railroad strike of 1877 is evidence of
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the fact that government often intervened on behalf of big business in the decades after the Civil War, increasing worker discontent with low pay and hazardous conditions, and the growth of an organized labor movement in America
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As the industrial revolution progressed in America, all of the following occurred except
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immigration became less important to America
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The first transcontinental railroad was completed in
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1869
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During the Civil War, Congress took advantage of the absence of southerners in the House and Senate to do all of the following except
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prohibit child labor
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Refrigerated rail cars were first developed to
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transport fresh food to Union troops in the field
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Robber barons or captains of industry were businessmen who
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amassed large fortunes between 1865 and 1900 with ruthlessness and ingenuity
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How did business owners respond to the growth of unions and the labor movement?
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they required workers to sign yellow dog contracts or created blacklists
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The Big 4 businessmen who left New York, went to California, and led the construction of the western railroads included all of the following except
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Jay Gould
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Andrew Carnegie made his fortune with the help of the Bessemer converter which
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transformed large quantities of iron ore into steel by using extremely hot air
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Carnegie's business model of controlling all aspects of the steel industry, from iron ore extraction to steel delivery is known as
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vertical integration
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The Haymarket strike led to
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growing anti-union sentiment nationwide
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America's oil boom began when Edwin Drake struck oil while drilling in
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Pennsylvania
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The person who cornered the market on oil refining in the late 1800's was
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John D. Rockefeller
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Industrialists justified their growing financial and political strength in all of the following ways except
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they insisted that they earned what they had from hard work and declined unfair advantages
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Much of Rockefeller's success can be attributed to his pioneering efforts at
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horizontal integration
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Although corrupt, New York's Tammany Hall appealed to
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recent immigrants and job seekers
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All of the following were examples of environment damage that occurred during the early industrial revolution except
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constructing canals diverted much needed water to other places
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Which of the following men is incorrectly paired with his technologies development?
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J Pierpont Morgan-streetcar
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The credit mobilier scandal involved
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railroads, kickbacks, congressmen, and company stock
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The need for managers in the many new businesses of the late 1800's contributed significantly to the growth of
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big business
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The need to market goods over wider areas gave rise to new forms of
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advertising
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The creation of national brand products such as NABISCO biscuits relied on all of the following except
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horizontal integration
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Which of these became the greatest symbol of America's growing desire for consumer goods?
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the chain store
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The first mail-order business was
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Sears and Roebuck
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Mechanization transformed labor in all of the following ways except
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it led to safer working conditions
