Question 1

Which of the following was arrested for the 1905 assassination of the ex-governor of Idaho but was later acquitted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clarence Darrow 
B)  Gurley Flynn 
C)  "Big Jim" Folsom 
D)  William "Big Bill" Haywood 
A)  Clarence Darrow 
B)  Gurley Flynn 
C)  "Big Jim" Folsom 
D)  William "Big Bill" Haywood D

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the diet of American workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lack of variety caused severe malnutrition among most workers. 
B)  Meat was readily available to most working-class families. 
C)  Food cost the average worker about one-half of his or her income. 
D)  Few workers could afford fresh fruits or dairy products. 
A)  Lack of variety caused severe malnutrition among most workers. 
B)  Meat was readily available to most working-class families. 
C)  Food cost the average worker about one-half of his or her income. 
D)  Few workers could afford fresh fruits or dairy products. C

Question 3

Corporations received broad judicial protection in the 1880s and 1890s when the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  stockholders were not liable for a corporation's debts. 
B)  corporations, like individuals, were protected under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  the Bill of Rights prevented the government from interfering with corporate activity. 
D)  general incorporation laws were constitutional. 
A)  stockholders were not liable for a corporation's debts. 
B)  corporations, like individuals, were protected under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  the Bill of Rights prevented the government from interfering with corporate activity. 
D)  general incorporation laws were constitutional. B

Question 4

Why did the proportion of women working as sales clerks increase in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sales jobs were attractive to women because that offered better working conditions than factory jobs. 
B)  Managers in department stores considered female cashiers to be much more trustworthy that male cashiers. 
C)  Sales jobs demanded many different skills that women usually possessed. 
D)  Sales jobs usually led to the managerial positions that most working women desired. 
A)  Sales jobs were attractive to women because that offered better working conditions than factory jobs. 
B)  Managers in department stores considered female cashiers to be much more trustworthy that male cashiers. 
C)  Sales jobs demanded many different skills that women usually possessed. 
D)  Sales jobs usually led to the managerial positions that most working women desired.

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the growth of the American labor force between 1890 and 1920?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was an increase in paid employment but not necessarily an increase in the proportion of Americans who were working. 
B)  There was a great increase in the proportion of Americans who were working. 
C)  Women and children worked for the first time. 
D)  There was a substantial increase in the number of agricultural workers. 
A)  There was an increase in paid employment but not necessarily an increase in the proportion of Americans who were working. 
B)  There was a great increase in the proportion of Americans who were working. 
C)  Women and children worked for the first time. 
D)  There was a substantial increase in the number of agricultural workers.

Question 6

The widespread use of the flush toilet is an example of the

Accepted Answer

A)  effectiveness of modern advertising. 
B)  effectiveness of state health regulations. 
C)  traditional modesty of Americans. 
D)  democratization of convenience. 
A)  effectiveness of modern advertising. 
B)  effectiveness of state health regulations. 
C)  traditional modesty of Americans. 
D)  democratization of convenience.

Question 7

The 1894 Pullman strike was touched off by George Pullman's decision to

Accepted Answer

A)  cut wages. 
B)  lay off one-third of his work force. 
C)  close his company town. 
D)  withhold stock dividends. 
A)  cut wages. 
B)  lay off one-third of his work force. 
C)  close his company town. 
D)  withhold stock dividends.

Question 8

As a result of the Haymarket bombing,

Accepted Answer

A)  President Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to protect working-class demonstrators. 
B)  many people associated labor unions with foreign-born radicals. 
C)  the Illinois state legislature banned labor unions. 
D)  many major corporations gave in to workers' demands for an eight-hour day. 
A)  President Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to protect working-class demonstrators. 
B)  many people associated labor unions with foreign-born radicals. 
C)  the Illinois state legislature banned labor unions. 
D)  many major corporations gave in to workers' demands for an eight-hour day.

Question 9

The Supreme Court's decision in Muller v. Oregon resulted in women being

Accepted Answer

A)  barred from some occupations. 
B)  paid substantially more than before. 
C)  hired for the first time in many occupations. 
D)  hired in preference to men for many occupations. 
A)  barred from some occupations. 
B)  paid substantially more than before. 
C)  hired for the first time in many occupations. 
D)  hired in preference to men for many occupations.

Question 10

The assumption of leadership positions within the Women's Trade Union League by Agnes Nestor, Rose Schneiderman, and Mary Anderson was an indication that control of the union had shifted to

Accepted Answer

A)  anarchists who advocated a violent war against the capitalist system. 
B)  nonmilitant middle-class women. 
C)  forceful working-class women. 
D)  recently arrived immigrants. 
A)  anarchists who advocated a violent war against the capitalist system. 
B)  nonmilitant middle-class women. 
C)  forceful working-class women. 
D)  recently arrived immigrants.

Question 11

The development of the southern textile industry was aided by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of electric looms 
B)  An abundance of water to power the drive shafts for machines 
C)  Cheap immigrant labor 
D)  The use of profit sharing to encourage worker productivity 
A)  The use of electric looms 
B)  An abundance of water to power the drive shafts for machines 
C)  Cheap immigrant labor 
D)  The use of profit sharing to encourage worker productivity

Question 12

The main problem with pools was that

Accepted Answer

A)  too often members sued each other for violation of the agreement creating the pool. 
B)  they did not increase profits. 
C)  the Interstate Commerce Act made them illegal precisely when they were most important. 
D)  there was no legal way to enforce the "gentlemen's agreement" that created the pool. 
A)  too often members sued each other for violation of the agreement creating the pool. 
B)  they did not increase profits. 
C)  the Interstate Commerce Act made them illegal precisely when they were most important. 
D)  there was no legal way to enforce the "gentlemen's agreement" that created the pool.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It posed as much of a threat to small businessmen as to large corporations. 
B)  It did not clearly define what constituted a "restraint of trade." 
C)  It brutally destroyed American agriculture by defining any farm of more than 500 acres as a monopoly. 
D)  It was enforceable at the discretion of business bureaus in state governments. 
A)  It posed as much of a threat to small businessmen as to large corporations. 
B)  It did not clearly define what constituted a "restraint of trade." 
C)  It brutally destroyed American agriculture by defining any farm of more than 500 acres as a monopoly. 
D)  It was enforceable at the discretion of business bureaus in state governments.

Question 14

For which of the following reasons was the early twentieth century a transitional point with regard to women's fashions?

Accepted Answer

A)  The abandonment of the corset caused women to become less concerned with waist size. 
B)  American women began to show their preference for more restrictive Victorian styles. 
C)  High-boned collars became standard on almost all dresses. 
D)  Designers began to use less fabric and place more emphasis on comfort. 
A)  The abandonment of the corset caused women to become less concerned with waist size. 
B)  American women began to show their preference for more restrictive Victorian styles. 
C)  High-boned collars became standard on almost all dresses. 
D)  Designers began to use less fabric and place more emphasis on comfort.

Question 15

One of the effects of the work of Frederick W. Taylor was that

Accepted Answer

A)  automation was reduced because of its harmful impact on workers. 
B)  time, as much as quality, became the measure of acceptable work. 
C)  respect for the traditional craftsperson increased. 
D)  costs of production increased. 
A)  automation was reduced because of its harmful impact on workers. 
B)  time, as much as quality, became the measure of acceptable work. 
C)  respect for the traditional craftsperson increased. 
D)  costs of production increased.

Question 16

In Muller v. Oregon the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  upheld a law limiting working hours for women. 
B)  reaffirmed its earlier Lochner decision. 
C)  affirmed that states could regulate working hours for both men and women. 
D)  upheld the right of states to regulate child labor. 
A)  upheld a law limiting working hours for women. 
B)  reaffirmed its earlier Lochner decision. 
C)  affirmed that states could regulate working hours for both men and women. 
D)  upheld the right of states to regulate child labor.

Question 17

Which of the following is true of holding companies?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had no existence in the eyes of the law. 
B)  They held capital for pending investments. 
C)  They owned partial or complete interest in other companies. 
D)  They controlled the assets of bankrupt companies. 
A)  They had no existence in the eyes of the law. 
B)  They held capital for pending investments. 
C)  They owned partial or complete interest in other companies. 
D)  They controlled the assets of bankrupt companies.

Question 18

Advocates of Social Darwinism believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  the government should use its power to tax to bring about a more equitable distribution of wealth. 
B)  the government should protect the weak in society by regulating industry. 
C)  wealth is a mark of well-deserved power and responsibility. 
D)  wealth carries no responsibilities except to get more of it. 
A)  the government should use its power to tax to bring about a more equitable distribution of wealth. 
B)  the government should protect the weak in society by regulating industry. 
C)  wealth is a mark of well-deserved power and responsibility. 
D)  wealth carries no responsibilities except to get more of it.

Question 19

Which of the following was most important in making preserved, canned goods more available to consumers, even those who were remote from markets?

Accepted Answer

A)  An increase in agricultural production 
B)  A rise in the price of agricultural goods 
C)  The invention of machines that could mass-produce tin cans 
D)  The movement of population to the countryside 
A)  An increase in agricultural production 
B)  A rise in the price of agricultural goods 
C)  The invention of machines that could mass-produce tin cans 
D)  The movement of population to the countryside

Question 20

In the search for economic order and stability, many corporation managers of the late nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  urged Congress to pass wage and price controls. 
B)  argued in favor of a regulatory commission for all industry. 
C)  sought new and larger forms of economic concentration. 
D)  sought lower tariffs. 
A)  urged Congress to pass wage and price controls. 
B)  argued in favor of a regulatory commission for all industry. 
C)  sought new and larger forms of economic concentration. 
D)  sought lower tariffs.

Exam 18: The Machine Age, 1877-1920

Which of the following was arrested for the 1905 assassination of the ex-governor of Idaho but was later acquitted?

Which of the following is true of the diet of American workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Corporations received broad judicial protection in the 1880s and 1890s when the Supreme Court ruled that

Why did the proportion of women working as sales clerks increase in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Which of the following is true of the growth of the American labor force between 1890 and 1920?

The widespread use of the flush toilet is an example of the

The 1894 Pullman strike was touched off by George Pullman's decision to

As a result of the Haymarket bombing,

The Supreme Court's decision in Muller v. Oregon resulted in women being

The assumption of leadership positions within the Women's Trade Union League by Agnes Nestor, Rose Schneiderman, and Mary Anderson was an indication that control of the union had shifted to

The development of the southern textile industry was aided by which of the following?

The main problem with pools was that

Which of the following is true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

For which of the following reasons was the early twentieth century a transitional point with regard to women's fashions?

One of the effects of the work of Frederick W. Taylor was that

In Muller v. Oregon the Supreme Court

Which of the following is true of holding companies?

Advocates of Social Darwinism believed that

Which of the following was most important in making preserved, canned goods more available to consumers, even those who were remote from markets?

In the search for economic order and stability, many corporation managers of the late nineteenth century

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