Question 1

What developments occurred within emerging corporations which resulted in a concentration of wealth and power?

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Question 2

The Haymarket Square Riot, which occurred in the city of _______________, raised American fears of _________________.

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Question 3

The first oil well was drilled in 1859 in western Pennsylvania by ______________.

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Question 4

The Molly Maguires were a militant

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A)  offshoot of the Knights of Labor.
B)  anti-immigration organization.
C)  woman suffrage organization.
D)  anarchist group.
E)  labor union in the coal industry.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The 1894 strike against the Pullman Company was led in part by _________________, the head of the American Railway Union.

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Question 6

The late nineteenth century sociologist Lester Frank Ward

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A)  suggested that industrialism was creating "Organization Men."
B)  believed that government intervention in society would be harmful.
C)  sought to apply Darwinian laws to human society.
D)  argued that people could do little to alter the economic stratification of society.
E)  believed that human intelligence, not natural selection, shaped society.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

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A)  American Federation of Labor.
B)  Molly Maguires.
C)  Knights of Labor.
D)  Congress of Industrial Organization.
E)  American Railway Union.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

In the late nineteenth century, industry in the United States

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A)  obtained the bulk of its raw materials from Central and South America.
B)  faced a growing shortage of laborers.
C)  saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth.
D)  lacked adequate capital to expand the domestic market.
E)  suffered from an entrepreneurial deficit.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

What aspects of Social Darwinism do you believe are true and which are false? Why?

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Question 10

The first and most important proponent of Social Darwinism was the English philosopher _______________.

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Question 11

The __________________ process involves blowing air through molten iron to burn out the impurities.

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Question 12

The process of making steel developed by Henry Bessemer

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A)  included blowing air through molten iron.
B)  involved adding ingredients to molten iron.
C)  was also developed by an American, William Kelly.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

The significant use of air power in World War I quickly led to the development of commercial air flights.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The economy began to fluctuate rapidly beginning in 1873.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In the late nineteenth century, Social Darwinists argued that people who failed economically in the United States did so because

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A)  they had not received a college education.
B)  racism and other prejudices held them back.
C)  they had poor individual character.
D)  business wealth was concentrated into the hands of a few.
E)  they were not members of "the Elect."F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Neither Henry George nor Edward Bellamy was an advocate of revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The great railroad strike of 1877

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A)  began in the West and spread east.
B)  saw the federal government refuse to intervene.
C)  was launched in response to a wage cut.
D)  saw organized labor gain its first major victory in the United States.
E)  resulted in only two deaths around the country.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Andrew Carnegie elaborated his philosophy in a 1901 book titled ____________________.

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The Gospel...

Question 19

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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A)  the automobile industry.
B)  steam engine technology.
C)  freighters on the Great Lakes.
D)  the Pennsylvania Railroad.
E)  the oil industry.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

At its height in 1886, the Knights of Labor were led by

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A)  Uriah S.Stephens.
B)  Eugene Debs.
C)  Henry Clay Frick.
D)  Terence V.Powderly.
E)  John Peter Altgeld.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The __________________ process involves blowing air through molten iron to burn out the impurities.

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The Haymarket Square Riot, which occurred in the city of _______________, raised American fears of _________________.

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Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

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What aspects of Social Darwinism do you believe are true and which are false? Why?

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What developments occurred within emerging corporations which resulted in a concentration of wealth and power?

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The late nineteenth century sociologist Lester Frank Ward

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The first and most important proponent of Social Darwinism was the English philosopher _______________.

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