Exam 17: Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization

The fact that only one in four industrial workers during this period belonged to a union reflected workers'

Who ran the campaign of Republican presidential candidate William McKinley?

Which of the following developments was a reaction to the Haymarket Square incident?

William H. Vanderbilt's opposition to labor unions rested on the belief that unions

The Grangers' involvement in electoral politics resulted in

While the workers he employed were paid approximately $360 per year, John D. Rockefeller made twice that much in dividends every

By 1900, approximately how many businesses employed more than 500 workers?

The coalition built by the Republican Party to win the 1896 presidential election was evidence that

The reliance of southern Democrats on racially divisive politics at the end of the nineteenth century was meant to

The formation of the Industrial Workers of the World was largely inspired by the

The Populist Party's lack of success on the national level can be attributed to its failure to

Jazz music was a product of the diverse musical traditions found in

Married women frequently did "piecework" in their homes because

Grover Cleveland's ineffective handling of the 1893 Depression was responsible for

Outbreaks of pellagra among southern textile workers can be attributed to

When North Carolina textile worker J. W. Mehaffry complained that the mill owners "were slave drivers," she made the point that

The high rate of child labor at the turn of the twentieth century was a consequence of

Which of the following sites of popular entertainment appealed primarily to members of the working class rather than the middle class?

To what can we attribute the marked increase in the number of female wage earners between 1870 and 1900?

Which of the following characterizes the Supreme Court's position on income tax in the Pollack v. Farmers Loan and Trust decision?