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24 Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900
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1The federal government contributed to the building of the national rail network by?
- AImporting substantial numbers of Chinese immigrants to build the railroads
- BProviding free grants of federal land to the railroad companies
- CBuilding and operating the first transcontinental rail lines
- DTransporting the mail and other federal shipments over the rail lines
2The most efficient and public-minded of the early railroad building industrialists was?
- ACollis P. Huntington
- BLeland Stanford
- CCornelius Vanderbilt
- DJames J. Hill
3The railroad most significantly stimulated American industrialization by?
- Aopening up the West to settlement
- Bcreating a single national market for raw materials and consumer goods
- Celiminating the inefficient canal system
- Dinspiring greater federal investment in technical research and development
4The railroad barons aroused considerable public opposition by practices such as:
- Aforcing Indians off their traditional hunting grounds
- Brefusing to pay their employees decent wages
- Crefusing to build railroad lines in less settled areas
- Dstock watering and bribery of public officials
5The railroads affected even the organization of time in the United States by:
- Aintroducing regularly scheduled departures and arrivals on railroad timetables
- Bintroducing the concept of daylight savings time
- Cintroducing four standard time zones across the country
- Dturning travel that had once taken days into a matter of hours
6The first important federal law aimed at regulating American industry was?
- Athe Federal Communications Act
- Bthe Pure Food and Drug Act
- Cthe Interstate Commerce Act
- Dthe Federal Trade Commission
7Financier J.P. Morgan exercised his economic power most effectively by?
- Adeveloping "horizontal integration" in the oil industry
- Blending money to the federal government
- Cconsolidating rival industries through "interlocking directorates"
- Dserving as the middleman between American industrialists and foreign governments
8Two late-nineteenth century technological inventions that especially drew women out of the home and into the workforce were?
- Athe railroad and the telegraph
- Bthe electric light and the phonograph
- Cthe case register and the stock ticker
- Dthe typewriter and the telephone
9Andrew Carnegie's industrial system of "vertical integration" referred to?
- Athe construction of large, vertical steel factories in Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
- Bthe cooperation between manufacturers like Andrew Carnegie and financiers like J.P. Morgan.
- Cthe integration of diverse immigrant ethnic groups into the steel industry labor force.
- Dthe combination of all phases of the steel industry from mining to manufacturing into a single organization.
10The large trusts like Standard Oil and Swift and Armour justified their economic domination of their industries by claiming that?
- Athey were fundamentally concerned with serving the public interest over private profit
- Bonly large scale methods of production and distribution could provide superior products at low prices
- Ccompetition among many small firms was contrary to the laws of economics
- Donly large American industries could compete with British and German international companies
11The oil industry first thrived in the late 1800s by producing?
- Anatural gas and heating oil for home heating purposes
- Bkerosene for oil lamps
- Cgasoline for automobiles
- Dheavy-duty diesel fuel for the railroads and industry
12Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" proclaimed his belief that?
- Awealth was God's reward for hard work, while poverty resulted from laziness and immorality
- Bchurches needed to take a stronger stand on the economic issues of the day
- Cfaith in capitalism and progress should take the place once reserved for religion
- Dthose who acquired great wealth were morally responsible to use it for the public good
13The attempt to create an industrialized "New South" in the late nineteenth century generally failed because?
- Athe South was discriminated against and held down as a supplier of raw materials to northern industry
- BSoutherners were too bitter at the Union to pursue national goals
- Ccontinued political violence made the South an unattractive place for investment
- Dthere was little demand for southern products like textiles and cigarettes
14For American workers, industrialization generally meant?
- Aa steady, long-term decline in wages and the standard of living
- Ban opportunity to create small businesses that might eventually produce large profits
- Ca long term rise in the standard of living but a loss of independence and control of work
- Da stronger sense of identification with their jobs and employers
15In contrast to the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor advocated?
- Auniting both skilled and unskilled workers into a single large union
- Bconcentrating on improved wages and hours and avoiding general social reform
- Cworking for black and female labor interests as well as those of white men
- Dusing secrecy and violence against employers
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- Created on 10 Jan 2019 · updated on 10 Jan 2019
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