Industrial Era

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This man started out in banking but would later form the largest steel company in the United States US Steel. He personally financed a financially bailout of the United States in a time of crisis and kept the stock market from totally crashing to send the country into a depression.
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Which of the following is the best definition of a union?
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This man was involved in investment banking. He was known for his risky ventures and in trying to corner the gold market actually caused the price of gold to crash. He tried to takeover a rail line causing a war between companies. He would eventually own Western Union.
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According to the theory of Social Darwinism, the government should
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What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitust Act of 1890?
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Stalwarts, Half-Breeds, and Mugwumps were:
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Politicians of the Gilded Age used the spoils system to:
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This man controlled every portion of the oil refining business. His company was known as Standard Oil. He was known for being very frugal, but gave generously to numerous charities.
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During the 1800s, the United States basically had a laissez faire economic policy. What does that mean?
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What is industrialization?
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Mr. Y controls every part of the canned tuna industry. He owns the boats that sail out to catch the fish, he has manufactures all the tools needed to capture and haul in the fish, he owns a fish processing plant, he owns tin mines and a factory that makes the cans, and he owns a transportation company that hauls the canned tuna to the stores. This is an example of:
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This union welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers but was effectively ended after the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago.
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The period during the mid- to late-nineteenth century was known as the Gilded Age. Which sentence best explains the reason for that name?
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These taxes on imports were designed to protect American businesses:
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Without the Bessemer process, Americans might not have been able to create
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What change did not contribute to the expansion of industrialization in the U.S. during the 1800s?
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The control of an industry by a few, profitable firms:
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In 1885, Alexander Graham Bell helped set up a company to build
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Which of the following items helped increase the productivity of American business during the Gilded Age?
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This man was the first to drill for oil:
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Which factor was primarily responsible for the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887?
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The "Gospel of Wealth," as advanced by Andrew Carnegie, promoted the concept that people with wealth should:
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The ideas of Social Darwinism allowed men of wealth, like Carnegie and Rockefeller, to:
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Prior to being overruled, this case allowed state governments to regulate railroads within their borders:
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The government responded to the Pullman Strike by
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How did Andrew Carnegie gain control of the steel industry?
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How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth (who had money) in the United States?
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Under socialism and communism, who or what owns the majority of industry?
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Mr. X owns a local bank but wants to control all the banking in the region. He starts buying up all the smaller banks in the area and merging them into his bank. Before long there is only one, large bank in the region. This is an example of:
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The nation’s first major labor strike was begun by
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The development of the steel industry in the late nineteenth century helped change American society by
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Which of the following characteristics would NOT be associated with big business:
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This man dominated the steel industry. He controlled the process from the ground up and was notorious for mistreating his workers. At the end of his life, he developed the “gospel of wealth” saying that it is the duty of the wealthy to give to charity.
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The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to
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This man came to lead labor reforms in America and was an advocate of the eight-hour day:
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John D. Rockefeller gained control of the oil industry by
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Which of the following presidents did not support civil service reform before he became president but changed his views after another president's assassination?
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What is it called when one company controls the market for a product or service?
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An important factor in the rapid development of industry in the United States during the last half of the 19c was:
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A political scandal of the Grant era in which U. S. Congressmen were bribed not to investigate the illegal practices of a railroad construction company owned by the major stockholders of Union Pacific.
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Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse both worked wonders with
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Anarchists believe:
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This man was known for fighting for what he wanted and made it very clear to his competitors that he would take them down if necessary. He controlled a large part of the transportation industry including steamships and trains.
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Which of the following made possible the American industrial growth of the late 1800s?
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The Interstate Commerce Act outlawed the railroads’ practice of
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This disguised monopoly is created when firms appear to be competing and are instead controlled by one or two major stockholders.
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The Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century saw the emergence of industrialists who were perceived by some as ruthless and aggressive. These industrialists were negatively referred to as
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Many people felt that the entrepreneurs of the era were not bad men but rather business geniuses that were commonly called:
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The government contributed to the building of the transcontinental railroad by
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These were often purchased by scientists to protect their inventions: