Question 1

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

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

Question 2

In the United States,the steel industry first emerged in

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A)   Pennsylvania and Ohio.
B)   Vermont and Massachusetts.
C)   Illinois and Indiana.
D)   Alabama and Mississippi.
E)   New Jersey and New York.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 3

In the late nineteenth century,due to the growth of industrial capitalism,American workers

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A)   were forced to contend with arduous and dangerous working conditions.
B)   experienced a loss in their control over their own work.
C)   All these answers are correct.
D)   saw a rise in their standard of living.
E)   both saw a rise in their standard of living, and experienced a loss in their control over their own work.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 4

The American oil industry emerged in the late nineteenth century largely in response to the needs of the steel industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Edward Bellamy's 1888 book,Looking Backward,

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A)   depicted a world presided over by an industrialist-king modeled on J. P. Morgan.
B)   imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust.
C)   described an America engaged in a second civil war due to concentrated wealth.
D)   promoted the virtues of economic competition.
E)   accepted the necessity of class divisions in a capitalist economy.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

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

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Question 7

Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892?

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A)   The entire Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to protect strikebreakers.
B)   Henry Frick shut down the plant in an attempt to destroy the Amalgamated union.
C)   Hundreds of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers.
D)   The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.
E)   One radical made a failed attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 8

America's rise to industrial supremacy was not as sudden as has been suggested.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur?

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A)   railroad
B)   meatpacking
C)   steel
D)   oil
E)   coalF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

In 1900,regarding work conditions in American factories,

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A)   laborers could expect to work at least ten hours a day, six days a week.
B)   job security for industrial workers had significantly increased since 1865.
C)   first-generation workers generally had little trouble adjusting to the nature of industrial labor.
D)   while safety conditions were poor, mechanization reduced the overall rate of accidents.
E)   workers generally controlled the pace of production.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

In the 1870s,the "internal combustion engine" was developed in

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A)   Europe.
B)   the United States.
C)   Asia.
D)   Australia.
E)   Africa.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

In his books,Horatio Alger

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A)   offered true accounts of poor Americans who had become wealthy.
B)   inspired readers with stories of Americans rising from "rags-to-riches."
C)   took critical issue with the ideas of Social Darwinism.
D)   criticized child labor in American industry.
E)   argued that wealth and privilege were ultimately hollow achievements.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

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

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A)   John Peter Altgeld.
B)   Eugene V. Debs.
C)   Uriah S. Stephens.
D)   Henry Clay Frick.
E)   Terence V. Powderly.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 14

During the 1870s and 1880s,most of the immigrants to the United States came from

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A)   England, Ireland, and northern Europe.
B)   Mexico.
C)   Poland, Hungary, and Russia.
D)   Italy and the Slavic countries.
E)   Japan and China.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The theory of Social Darwinism

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A)   argued the new industrial economy was limiting the potential for individual wealth.
B)   argued that it behooved industrial titans to spread their wealth to the lower classes.
C)   was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism.
D)   contended that ruthless corruption may be necessary in the attainment of wealth.
E)   was formulated by Charles Darwin to explain industrial economies.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Henry Ford built the first gasoline-driven motor vehicle in America.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In 1900,the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations

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A)   centralized the sources of research funding.
B)   was deemed unnecessary, since so many American university laboratories existed.
C)   developed similar research goals as in Europe.
D)   occurred as federal funding for research greatly expanded.
E)   led to more diversification in corporate research.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor favored the concept of one big union.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward discovered a utopian world in eighteenth-century America.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Knights of Labor accepted both the eight-hour day and the wage system.

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A) True 
 B)False

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In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur?

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The theory of Social Darwinism

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The Knights of Labor accepted both the eight-hour day and the wage system.

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