Question 1

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

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Question 2

In 1917, automobile production in the United States

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A)   was the nation's largest industry.
B)   saw Charles and Frank Duryea build the first practical gasoline-powered car.
C)   saw nearly five million cars on American roads.
D)   was almost nonexistent.
E)   finally became feasible thanks to the innovations of Henry Ford.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

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 5

In the late nineteenth century, what benefits did the growth of corporate industrialism offer to the American working class?

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The growth of corporate industrialism in...

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the late nineteenth century, most American business millionaires

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A)   railed against the implications of Social Darwinism.
B)   came from financially humble origins.
C)   were living examples of "self-made men."
D)   had made their fortunes in the railroad industry.
E)   began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 8

The Knights of Labor

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A)   was primarily a trade union.
B)   did not allow women to join.
C)   began as a secret fraternal organization.
D)   focused its efforts on improving wages and reducing hours.
E)   tried in particular to enlist support for their cause from lawyers.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E) C

Question 9

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

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Several developments within emerging cor...

Question 10

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 11

Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company was an example of a combination of horizontal and vertical integration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The open-hearth process made possible the production of steel in great quantities and large dimensions.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

Why was there no sustained commitment to labor radicalism in the late nineteenth century?

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The lack of sustained commitment to labo...

Question 14

The principal agent of industrial progress in the late nineteenth century was the ________.

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Question 15

One of the first corporate laboratories in the United States was opened by ________ in 1900.

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Question 16

A central corporate body that would buy up the stock of various members of a trust and establish direct formal ownership of those corporations was called a(n) ________.

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Question 17

During the late nineteenth century, child labor in the United States

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A)   increased significantly.
B)   was unregulated by laws in most states.
C)   saw more children working in factories than in agriculture.
D)   both increased significantly and saw more children working in factories than in agriculture.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E) A

Question 18

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)   New Jersey and New York.
E)   Alabama and Mississippi.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his The Gospel of Wealth,

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A)   successful businessmen had every right to live as they pleased.
B)   only pious Americans would prosper.
C)   it was the "Christian duty" of every American to become wealthy.
D)   the rich had great responsibilities to society.
E)   the wealthy had earned their money through God's blessing alone.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

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

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Exam 17: Industrial Supremacy

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