Question 1

In his books, Horatio Alger

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A)  offered true accounts of poor Americans who had become wealthy.
B)  took issue critical with the ideas of Social Darwinism.
C)  emphasized the value of personal character in business.
D)  criticized child labor in American industry.
E)  argued that wealth and privilege were ultimately hollow achievements.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

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) C) and D)

Question 3

In the 1870s, most immigrants to the United States came from southern Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth promoted philanthropy by the rich.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Originally, the American Federation of Labor was not willing to engage in strikes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

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Question 7

Most of the late nineteenth-century business tycoons began their careers in poverty or lower class circumstances.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 1929, the base price of a Ford Model T was

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A)  $290.
B)  $470.
C)  $630.
D)  $950.
E)  $1120.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

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

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Question 10

The most famous writer of the success story in the late nineteenth century was _______________________.

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Question 11

Who among the following developed the first telephone with commercial capacity?

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A)  Cyrus Field
B)  Charles F.Brush
C)  Alexander Graham Bell
D)  Guglielmo Marconi
E)  Samuel MorseF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

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 D)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

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 fortune in the railroad industry.
E)  began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In 1900, the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations

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

Question 16

Horatio Alger spoke out against child labor in his novels.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Carnegie Steel was a good example of vertical integration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The first major national labor conflict was the __________________________.

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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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Question 20

The Knights of Labor were followed by the American Federation of Labor as the most significant national labor union.

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A) True 
 B)False

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