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Chapter 19
Ms. Anderson's class
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11th Grade
03/27/2013

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The railroad strike of 1877
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led many cities to construct armories.
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The Knights of Labor parted from normal labor organization because they
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were organized by industry rather than by craft.
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The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because
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President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike.
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In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was
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the world leader in manufacturing output.
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James B. Duke influenced modern business techniques by
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using aggressive national advertising campaigns and regional sales representatives.
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Social Darwinism argued that human history witnessed the
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struggle among the races, with the strongest triumphing
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Which of the following men was associated with Standard Oil?
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John D. Rockefeller
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The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for
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armed resistance by striking steel workers.
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Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly in the ____ industry.
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steel
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The Haymarket affair is associated with the ____ corporation.
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McCormick
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Among southern states, in 1892 Populists garnered more than 20 percent of the vote only in
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Alabama and Texas.
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Ironically, labor was prevented from organizing because of the government's use of the
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Sherman Antitrust Act.
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The inventor of the phonograph and the movie camera was
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Thomas Edison.
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In the landmark decision of Munn v. Illinois (1877), the Supreme Court
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upheld the right of states to regulate public businesses including railroads.
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The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for
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all of these choices
the gap between the rich and poor.
wage labor.
capitalism.
social inequality.
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The long-time president of the American Federation of Labor was
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Samuel Gompers.
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Knights of Labor idealistically envisioned a future in which
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workers' cooperatives would own and manage the means of production.
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"Granger Laws"
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established state railroad commissions to determine fair transportation rates and warehouse charges.
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In the late nineteenth century, the railroads
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all of these choices
were the major means of transporting people and products across the country.
employed unfair pricing practices.
established the four standard time zones still used in the United States today.
employed more workers than any other industry.
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The U.S. v. E.C. Knight Company court case dealt a crippling blow to
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Sherman Anti Trust Act.
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All of the following were technological advances for railroads except the
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switch from the open-hearth to the Bessemer process in steel mills.
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In the 1870s, nearly all women's clubs were
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dominated by the working class.
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The "gospel of wealth"
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encouraged rich people to use their excess profits for the benefit of society.
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In regards to women and work outside the home
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the number of women who worked more than doubled between 1860-1900.
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Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?
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Knights of Labor
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The Farmers' Alliance advocated
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cooperatives to eliminate middlemen and to maximize farmers' profits.
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Corporate consolidations or mergers were prompted primarily by a desire to
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regulate expansion and insulate corporations from fluctuations in the economic cycle.
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Which of the following was not characteristic of U.S. society in the 1890s?
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Farm income would steadily drop until World War I.
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