Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Buchanan Duke

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Question 2

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with

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A)  cash grants from new taxes. 
B)  land grants and loans. 
C)  cash grants from higher tariffs. 
D)  reduced prices for iron and steel. 
E)  aid for construction of railroad stations.

Question 3

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

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A)  A-2, B-4, C-1 
B)  A-3, B-2, C-4 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-1 
D)  A-1, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-3

Question 4

The United States changed to standard time zones when

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A)  Congress passed a law establishing this system. 
B)  the major rail lines decreed common fixed times so that they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks. 
C)  factories demanded standard time schedules. 
D)  long-distance telephones required standard time coordination. 
E)  All of these

Question 5

What do you think were the three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War? Explain your choices.

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Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Social Darwinism

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Question 7

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was its

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A)  racial exclusiveness. 
B)  support of skilled workers. 
C)  failure to admit women to its ranks. 
D)  abandonment of the concept of independent producers. 
E)  lack of class consciousness.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Grange

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Question 9

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

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A)  companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding. 
B)  the federal government from favoring one business corporation over another. 
C)  the same corporation from doing business under different names. 
D)  private corporations or organizations from engaging in "combinations in restraint of trade." 
E)  competing companies from having interlocking corporate boards of directors.

Question 10

In what ways does the development of the railroad industry in the late nineteenth century illustrate the limitations of the myth of individual free enterprise in American history? What did government hope to attain by its promotion of railroad construction? What,in fact,did it attain?

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Central Pacific Railroad

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Question 12

One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was

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A)  their movement to the suburbs. 
B)  the need for them to adjust their lives to the time clock. 
C)  the opportunity to relearn the ideals of Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  the narrowing of class divisions. 
E)  the encounter with other races.

Question 13

Present an argument that "the Constitution and the courts were on the side of the corporations" in the late nineteenth century.Cite passages from the Constitution and court decisions to illustrate your argument.

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Question 14

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

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A)  agriculture. 
B)  urbanization. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  immigration. 
E)  industrialization.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Russell Conwell

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Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gospel of Wealth

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Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Darwin

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Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Leland Stanford

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Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John D.Rockefeller

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Question 20

J.P.Morgan undermined competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of supposedly independent companies that he wanted to control.This method was known as a(n)

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A)  interlocking directorates 
B)  trust. 
C)  vertical integration. 
D)  pool. 
E)  holding company.

Exam 24: Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Buchanan Duke

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.

The United States changed to standard time zones when

What do you think were the three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War? Explain your choices.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Social Darwinism

One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was its

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Grange

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

In what ways does the development of the railroad industry in the late nineteenth century illustrate the limitations of the myth of individual free enterprise in American history? What did government hope to attain by its promotion of railroad construction? What,in fact,did it attain?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Central Pacific Railroad

One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was

Present an argument that "the Constitution and the courts were on the side of the corporations" in the late nineteenth century.Cite passages from the Constitution and court decisions to illustrate your argument.

Railroading in the late nineteenth century provided a significant stimulus to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Russell Conwell

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gospel of Wealth

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Darwin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Leland Stanford

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John D.Rockefeller

J.P.Morgan undermined competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of supposedly independent companies that he wanted to control.This method was known as a(n)