Question 1

Governor John Peter Altgeld and Grover Cleveland found themselves on the same side in the Pullman strike.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The author made famous by her 1869 book Little Women was ________.

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Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Haymarket Square riot of 1886

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A)  saw public outrage over the police firing into a crowd of workers.
B)  resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.
C)  took place in Indianapolis.
D)  resulted in a strike at the McCormick Harvester Company.
E)  proved the catalyst for several wide-ranging labor reforms.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

The first major national labor conflict was the ________ of 1877.

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Question 6

Why were railroads such an important factor in the growth of industrial strength in America?

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Question 7

Lester Frank Ward was a sociologist who rejected the application of Darwinian laws to human society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

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

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A)  Henry Frick shut down the plant in an attempt to destroy the Amalgamated union.
B)  The entire Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to protect strikebreakers.
C)  Hundred of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers.
D)  One radical made a failed attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick.
E)  The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

Prior to the Civil War,the steel industry in the United States

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A)  boomed as a result of the expanding United States Navy.
B)  emerged as an important supplier for railroad construction.
C)  largely replaced the iron industry.
D)  resulted in the construction of large commercial ocean freighters.
E)  barely developed at all.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

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

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A)  saw a rise in their standard of living.
B)  experienced a loss in their control over their own work.
C)  were forced to contend with arduous and dangerous working conditions.
D)  both saw a rise in their standard of living,and experienced a loss in their control over their own work.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

In the Homestead strike of 1892,the Pinkertons were brought in on the side of labor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Describe the key technological developments that account for American industrial growth in the late nineteenth century.

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Question 14

What factors in society and the business community during the late nineteenth century that would likely determine an individual's prospects for economic success were not considered by the "self-made man" philosophy?

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Question 15

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903

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A)  took place near Kitty Hawk,North Carolina.
B)  lasted just over one minute.
C)  did not in fact take off by itself.
D)  took place near Kitty Hawk,North Carolina and did not in fact take off by itself.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

What technological advances made in the first half of the nineteenth century continued to be of great benefit to businesses during the late nineteenth century?

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Question 17

Eugene V.Debs played a leading role in what labor event?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Homestead strike
B)  the Pullman strike
C)  the Haymarket Square riot
D)  the Railroad strike of 1877
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Which of the following is true regarding work conditions in American factories in 1900?

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A)  Workers generally controlled the pace of production.
B)  Laborers could expect to work at least sixty hours a week.
C)  Job security for industrial workers had significantly increased since 1865.
D)  While safety conditions were poor,mechanization reduced the overall rate of accidents.
E)  First-generation workers generally had little trouble adjusting to the nature of industrial labor.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 19

Compare the ideas and practices of the "self-made man" proponents with the ideas and practices of utopian communities earlier in the nineteenth century.

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