Question 1

"Scientific management" was seen as a way to increase the decision-making abilities of employees in the workplace.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Social Darwinism was an ideology that had its critics,but it did have a lot to do with the realities of the late nineteenth-century corporate economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the late nineteenth century,organized labor failed to make great gains for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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A)   the constantly shifting nature of the workforce.
B)   the opposition of powerful and wealthy corporations.
C)   tensions between ethnic and racial groups, which divided the work force.
D)   the relatively small membership of the major labor organizations when compared to the total workforce.
E)   the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of workers.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

By 1900,the average yearly income of American workers

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A)   was about $600.
B)   both allowed most workers to maintain a reasonably comfortable standard of living and remained generally unaffected by economic boom-and-bust cycles.
C)   remained generally unaffected by economic boom-and-bust cycles.
D)   allowed most workers to maintain a reasonably comfortable standard of living.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

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

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Question 6

In 1917,automobile production in the United States

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

Question 7

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 8

The economy began to fluctuate erratically,beginning in 1873.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The great railroad strike of 1877

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

In the late nineteenth century,industry in the United States

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

Question 12

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 13

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In the early twentieth century,a principal goal of "Taylorism" was to

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A)   reorganize industrial production by subdividing it into many simple tasks.
B)   encourage industrial workers to act creatively to solve production problems.
C)   make industrial workers more independent in carrying out their jobs.
D)   emphasize the importance of craft and quality in the workplace.
E)   create a large labor force of highly skilled workers.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 15

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

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Question 16

In the late nineteenth century,proponents of the "self-made man" argued that the growing industrial economy was compatible with traditional American individualism.Agree or disagree.

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Question 17

The late-nineteenth-century sociologist Lester Frank Ward

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

Question 18

The great railroad strike of 1877 was put down by both state militias and federal troops.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner could both be called Social Darwinists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The first significant oil production in the United States occurred in

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A)   Texas.
B)   Pennsylvania.
C)   Michigan.
D)   California.
E)   Ohio.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner could both be called Social Darwinists.

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

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

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