Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which
of the following most freed manufacturers from restrictions on
where factories
could be built? a. | the
telephone | c. | the railroads | b. | steel beams | d. | electricity | | | | |
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Which
of the following did Social Darwinism discourage? a. | industrialization | c. | the accumulation of wealth | b. | government
regulation | d. | hard work | | | | |
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During
the late 1800s, scabs were unpopular with other workers a. | socialists. | c. | part of management | b. | workers used to break
strikes | d. | federal troops. | | | | |
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Andrew
Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel
industry by doing
all of the following except a. | buying out his suppliers | c. | underselling his competitors | b. | cutting the quality of his
products | d. | buying out his
competitors | | | | |
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The
goal of the Interstate Commerce Act was to a. | lower excessive railroad
rates | c. | destroy the railroad
industry | b. | build new railroads. | d. | increase the power of railroad
companies | | | | |
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6.
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Eugene V.
Debs a. | industrialist or robber
baron | c. | nventor or scientific innovator | b. | politician | d. | labor leader | | | | |
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Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel a. | John D.
Rockefeller | c. | Christopher Sholes | b. | Thomas Edison | d. | Henry Bessemer | | | | |
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Pullman, Illinois, was an unusual town in that it a. | had one main
industry | c. | was built by a company to house its
workers | b. | owed its prosperity to the
railroads | d. | specialized in a regional
product. | | | | |
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9.
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George M.
Pullman a. | politician | c. | industrialist or robber
baron | b. | labor leader | d. | inventor or scientific innovator | | | | |
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10.
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William “Big
Bill” Haywood a. | labor leader | c. | politician | b. | inventor or scientific
innovator | d. | industrialist or robber baron | | | | |
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Henry
Bessemer a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber
baron | d. | politician | | | | |
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In the
late 1800s, collective bargaining was a technique used to a. | expand
industry | c. | restrict labor
unions | b. | win workers’ rights | d. | organize labor unions | | | | |
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The
main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was to a. | obtain a monopoly of the railroad
industry | c. | obtain powerful political positions for its
shareholders | b. | steal railroad money for its
shareholders | d. | build the transcontinental
railroad | | | | |
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George
Westinghouse a. | inventor or scientific
innovator | c. | labor leader | b. | politician | d. | industrialist or robber baron | | | | |
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Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and
organized power plants around the nation. a. | Henry Kissenger | c. | Christopher Sholes | b. | Thomas Edison | d. | George Pullman | | | | |
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Thomas Alva
Edison a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician | | | | |
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Which union was
organized by a group of radical unionists and socialists? a. | Industrial Workers of the
World | c. | Knights of Labor | b. | National Labor Union | d. | American Federation of Labor | | | | |
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At which place did
shocking scenes of violence between workers and authorities occur? a. | Haymarket Square | c. | Pullman Company | b. | Carnegie Steel’s Homestead
plant | d. | All of these | | | | |
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Edwin
L. Drake a. | inventor or
scientific innovator | c. | politician | b. | labor leader | d. | industrialist or robber baron | | | | |
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Christopher
Sholes a. | industrialist or robber
baron | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | politician | d. | labor leader | | | | |
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In
which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire? a. | the Pullman
factory | c. | Carnegie Steel’s Homestead
Plant | b. | Haymarket Square | d. | the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | | | | |
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At which place did
a tragedy occur that led New York authorities to establish strict rules about fire codes, working
hours, child labor, and other worker-related issues? a. | Carnegie Steel's Homestead
Plant | c. | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | b. | Pullman Factory | d. | Haymarket Square | | | | |
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Samuel
Gompers a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician | | | | |
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Alexander Graham
Bell a. | industrialist or robber
baron | c. | politician | b. | inventor or scientific
innovator | d. | labor leader | | | | |
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John D.
Rockefeller a. | industrialist or robber
baron | c. | nventor or scientific innovator | b. | politician | d. | labor leader | | | | |
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26.
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Invented the typewriter a. | Henry Bessemer | c. | Christopher Sholes | b. | Edwin L.
Drake | d. | Thomas Edison | | | | |
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Invented the telephone a. | Edwin Drake | c. | Thomas Edison | b. | Alexander Graham
Bell | d. | Henry Bessemer | | | | |
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Which
of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act? a. | It was supported by millionaire
industrialists | c. | It was used by labor unions to fight for
workers’ rights. | b. | It encouraged the establishment of large-scale
businesses | d. | It was practically impossible to
enforce | | | | |
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Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New
Jersey a. | Westinghouse | c. | Thomas
Edison | b. | Alexander G. Bell | d. | General George Electric | | | | |
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In
what industry did the Great Strike of 1877 take place? a. | textiles | c. | railroads | b. | coal mining | d. | steel | | | | |
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31.
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Mary Harris
“Mother” Jones a. | inventor or scientific innovator | c. | politician | b. | labor leader | d. | industrialist or robber baron | | | | |
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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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32.
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At Promontory
Point, Utah, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads
met on May 10, 1869, a golden
spike marked the linking of the nation by the first
transcontinental
railroad
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33.
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The stockholders
of the Union Pacific Railroad used the Pullman Company to make huge, unearned profits for
themselves
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34.
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The Interstate
Commerce Act reestablished the right of the railroad companies to supervise railroad activities and
set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose
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35.
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J. P. Morgan was
an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars
and elegant sleeping cars.
His company town, which he hoped would ensure a
stable workforce, was
criticized as “un-American.”
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36.
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In Munn v.
Illinois, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for
the
benefit of farmers and other consumers
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