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1. In which year did the United States become the world’s greatest industrial power?
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a. 1890
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d. 1910
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2. One of the leading innovators in the production and marketing of goods at the turn of the century was
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a. Henry George.
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b. James Duke.
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3. In 1901, J. P. Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the
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e. U.S. Steel Corporation.
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e. U.S. Steel Corporation.
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4. The idea of scientific management is most closely associated with
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b. Frederick Taylor.
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b. Frederick Taylor.
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5. The first assembly line was introduced in the
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b. automobile industry.
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b. automobile industry.
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6. For the most part, workers _______________ the assembly line, no matter what the industry.
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a. favored
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c. hated
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7. The author of The Passing of the Great Race, which argued that America should rid itself of inferior races, was
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c. Madison Grant.
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c. Madison Grant.
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8. Most immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1914 came from
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b. eastern and southern Europe.
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b. eastern and southern Europe.
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9. For the most part, native-born Americans viewed the “new immigrants” as
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e. racially inferior and culturally impoverished.
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e. racially inferior and culturally impoverished.
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10. The primary motivation for late-nineteenth-century immigration was
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a. religious persecution.
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c. economic hardship.
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11. The quintessential force in late-nineteenth-century city government was
Selected Answer: b. the political machine.
Correct Answer: b. the political machine.
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12. Ironically, labor was prevented from organizing because of the government’s use of
Selected Answer: c. the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Correct Answer: c. the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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13. The long-time president of the American Federation of Labor was
Selected Answer: a. Samuel Gompers.
Correct Answer: a. Samuel Gompers.
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14. William “Big Bill” Haywood was the leader of which of the following unions?
Selected Answer: c. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Correct Answer: c. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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15. The most popular form of entertainment in turn-of-the-century urban America was
Selected Answer: c. the movies.
Correct Answer: c. the movies.
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16. For most of the nineteenth century, relations between men and women were dominated by the idea of
Selected Answer: a. “domination and subordination.”
Correct Answer: e. “separate spheres.”
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17. What was the Kong Chow Association?
Selected Answer: c. A self-help organization that formed in San Francisco that provided support for new arrivals in California in the...
1. In which year did the United States become the world’s greatest industrial power?
Selected Answer:
a. 1890
Correct Answer:
d. 1910
Question 2 0 out of 1 points
2. One of the leading innovators in the production and marketing of goods at the turn of the century was
Selected Answer:
a. Henry George.
Correct Answer:
b. James Duke.
Question 3 1 out of 1 points
3. In 1901, J. P. Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the
Selected Answer:
e. U.S. Steel Corporation.
Correct Answer:
e. U.S. Steel Corporation.
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
4. The idea of scientific management is most closely associated with
Selected Answer:
b. Frederick Taylor.
Correct Answer:
b. Frederick Taylor.
Question 5 1 out of 1 points
5. The first assembly line was introduced in the
Selected Answer:
b. automobile industry.
Correct Answer:
b. automobile industry.
Question 6 0 out of 1 points
6. For the most part, workers _______________ the assembly line, no matter what the industry.
Selected Answer:
a. favored
Correct Answer:
c. hated
Question 7 1 out of 1 points
7. The author of The Passing of the Great Race, which argued that America should rid itself of inferior races, was
Selected Answer:
c. Madison Grant.
Correct Answer:
c. Madison Grant.
Question 8 1 out of 1 points
8. Most immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1914 came from
Selected Answer:
b. eastern and southern Europe.
Correct Answer:
b. eastern and southern Europe.
Question 9 1 out of 1 points
9. For the most part, native-born Americans viewed the “new immigrants” as
Selected Answer:
e. racially inferior and culturally impoverished.
Correct Answer:
e. racially inferior and culturally impoverished.
Question 10 0 out of 1 points
10. The primary motivation for late-nineteenth-century immigration was
Selected Answer:
a. religious persecution.
Correct Answer:
c. economic hardship.
Question 11 1 out of 1 points
11. The quintessential force in late-nineteenth-century city government was
Selected Answer: b. the political machine.
Correct Answer: b. the political machine.
Question 12 1 out of 1 points
12. Ironically, labor was prevented from organizing because of the government’s use of
Selected Answer: c. the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Correct Answer: c. the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Question 13 1 out of 1 points
13. The long-time president of the American Federation of Labor was
Selected Answer: a. Samuel Gompers.
Correct Answer: a. Samuel Gompers.
Question 14 1 out of 1 points
14. William “Big Bill” Haywood was the leader of which of the following unions?
Selected Answer: c. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Correct Answer: c. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Question 15 1 out of 1 points
15. The most popular form of entertainment in turn-of-the-century urban America was
Selected Answer: c. the movies.
Correct Answer: c. the movies.
Question 16 0 out of 1 points
16. For most of the nineteenth century, relations between men and women were dominated by the idea of
Selected Answer: a. “domination and subordination.”
Correct Answer: e. “separate spheres.”
Question 17 1 out of 1 points
17. What was the Kong Chow Association?
Selected Answer: c. A self-help organization that formed in San Francisco that provided support for new arrivals in California in the...
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