True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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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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2.
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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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3.
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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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4.
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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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5.
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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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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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6.
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First person to use steam engine to drill for oil
a. | Edwin L. Drake | c. | Thomas Edison | b. | Eli Whitney | d. | Nelson
Rockefeller |
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7.
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Technique used to make steel from iron
a. | Kiln Flaming | c. | Bessemer process | b. | Boiler process | d. | Carnegie
process |
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8.
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Inventor of the light bulb
a. | Alexander Bell | c. | John Westinghouse | b. | Thomas Alva Edison | d. | Eli Whitney |
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9.
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Inventor of the typewriter
a. | Hill Singer | c. | Thomas Edison | b. | Christopher Sholes | d. | William Singer |
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10.
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Inventor of the telephone
a. | Alexander Graham Bell | c. | Ma Bell | b. | Thomas Edison | d. | Frank Pactel |
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11.
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a railroad that crosses the entire country
a. | transamerica | c. | intrastate railroad | b. | Union Atlantic | d. | transcontinental railroad
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12.
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Inventor of the sleeping car
a. | Thomas Edison | c. | George M. Pullman | b. | Henry Ford | d. | Samuel Serta |
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13.
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Name of company involved in stealing of railroad money
a. | Bank of America | c. | International Workers of the World | b. | Crédit Mobilier
| d. | AT&T |
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14.
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case that gave government right to regulate private industry
a. | Munn v. Illinois Court | c. | Smith v.
AT&T | b. | Brown v. Board of Education | d. | Dred Scott Case |
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15.
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Law granting Congress authority to regulate railroad activities
a. | Railroad Act | c. | Sherman Anti Trust Act | b. | Interstate Commerce
Act | d. | Congressional Powers
Act |
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16.
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Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry
a. | Andrew Pittsburgh | c. | Andrew Carnegie | b. | William Penn | d. | John Fitzgerald
Kennedy |
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17.
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Process in which a company buys out its suppliers
a. | horizontal integration | c. | monopoly | b. | Federal trust | d. | vertical integration
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18.
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Process in which companies producing similar products merge
a. | vertical consolidation | c. | similarity consolidation | b. | horizontal
consolidation | d. | trusteeship |
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19.
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Theory that taught only the strong survived in business and life
a. | “Turn the other cheek” | c. | Socialism | b. | Capitalism | d. | Social Darwinism |
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20.
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Situation in which one company controlled an entire industry
a. | monopoly | c. | mercantilism | b. | capitalism | d. | interstate
commerce |
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21.
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Corporation that bought out the stock of other companies
a. | stock swindle | c. | venture capitalism | b. | holding company | d. | trust |
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22.
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Head of Standard Oil Company
a. | Andrew Carnage | c. | Henry Ford | b. | Thomas Westinghouse | d. | John D. Rockefeller
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23.
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Corporation formed by separate companies
a. | separate corporation | c. | trust | b. | single corporation | d. | consolidated
business |
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24.
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Law that outlawed trusts
a. | Interstate Commerce Act | c. | Sherman Antitrust Act
| b. | Taft Hartley Act | d. | Immigration Reform Act |
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25.
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Union leader
a. | Samuel Gompers | c. | Rudolph Valintino | b. | Henry Ford | d. | J.P. Morgan |
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26.
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Name of union led by Gompers
a. | National Education Association (NEA) | c. | United Machinists Union
(UMU) | b. | American Federation of Labor (AFL) | d. | American Textile Union
(ATU) |
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27.
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Negotiations between groups
a. | group collectivization | c. | arbitration | b. | collective bargaining | d. | poker talks |
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28.
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Leader of the American Railway Union
a. | Eugene V. Debs | c. | John L. Lewis | b. | Samuel Gompers | d. | Thomas Pullman |
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29.
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System based on government control of business and property
a. | capitalism | c. | individualism | b. | socialism | d. | libertarianism |
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30.
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Union of radicals and socialists
a. | Democrat Party | c. | Congress of Industrial Workers (CIO) | b. | Republican
Party | d. | Industrial Workers of
the World (IWW) |
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31.
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A leader of the mine workers union
a. | Alvan Barkley | c. | Mary Harris “Mother” Jones | b. | Samuel
Gompers | d. | John
Rockefeller |
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32.
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A large snowfall down a mountainside
a. | mudslide | c. | hail storm | b. | avalanche | d. | ski slope |
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33.
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Immoral or dishonest
a. | intelligent | c. | capitalist | b. | socialist | d. | corrupt |
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34.
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Relating to the sexes
a. | gender | c. | fetal | b. | bias | d. | orientation |
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35.
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Someone who studies the origin, history, and structure of the earth
a. | biologist | c. | geologist | b. | physicalogist | d. | historian |
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36.
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A type of rock
a. | birch | c. | biosphere | b. | granite | d. | glass |
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37.
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One who leaves a country to settle in another
a. | urban dweller | c. | nationalist | b. | agriculturalist | d. | immigrant |
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38.
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A leader in a business or industry
a. | industrialist | c. | CPA | b. | union leader | d. | accountant |
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39.
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To put money towards something in the hope of future profit
a. | divest | c. | devest | b. | invest | d. | divert |
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40.
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A plan, usually secret
a. | schematic | c. | scheme | b. | instruction manual | d. | frequency |
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41.
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A share of ownership in a company
a. | pledge | c. | Socialist | b. | wedge | d. | stock |
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42.
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Which of the following most freed manufacturers from restrictions
on
where factories could be built?
a. | electricity | c. | the railroads | b. | steel beams | d. | the telephone |
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43.
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Pullman, Illinois, was an unusual town in that it
a. | had one main industry | c. | owed its prosperity to the railroads | b. | specialized in a
regional product. | d. | was built
by a company to house its workers |
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44.
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The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was
to
a. | build the transcontinental railroad | c. | obtain a monopoly of the railroad
industry | b. | steal railroad money for its shareholders | d. | obtain powerful political positions for its
shareholders |
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45.
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The goal of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
a. | build new railroads. | c. | lower excessive railroad rates | b. | destroy the railroad
industry | d. | increase the power
of railroad companies |
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46.
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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. | buying out his competitors | d. | cutting the quality of his products |
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47.
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Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?
a. | hard work | c. | government regulation | b. | industrialization | d. | the accumulation of wealth |
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48.
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Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a. | It was practically impossible to enforce | c. | It was used by labor unions to
fight for workers’ rights. | b. | It was supported by millionaire
industrialists | d. | It
encouraged the establishment of large-scale businesses |
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49.
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In what industry did the Great Strike of 1877 take place?
a. | steel | c. | railroads | b. | textiles | d. | coal mining |
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50.
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In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
a. | Haymarket Square | c. | the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | b. | the Pullman
factory | d. | Carnegie
Steel’s Homestead Plant |
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51.
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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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52.
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During the late 1800s, scabs were unpopular with other workers
a. | socialists. | c. | part of management | b. | federal troops. | d. | workers used to break
strikes |
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53.
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Edwin L. Drake
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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54.
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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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55.
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Eugene V. Debs
a. | labor leader | c. | nventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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56.
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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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57.
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Christopher Sholes
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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58.
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George M. Pullman
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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59.
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John D. Rockefeller
a. | labor leader | c. | nventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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60.
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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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George Westinghouse
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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62.
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Alexander Graham Bell
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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63.
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Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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64.
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William “Big Bill” Haywood
a. | labor leader | c. | inventor or scientific innovator | b. | industrialist or
robber baron | d. | politician |
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65.
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Invented the typewriter
a. | Edwin L. Drake | c. | Christopher Sholes | b. | Henry Bessemer | d. | Thomas Edison |
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66.
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Invented the telephone
a. | Edwin Drake | c. | Henry Bessemer | b. | Alexander Graham Bell | d. | Thomas Edison |
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67.
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Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel
a. | Christopher Sholes | c. | Thomas Edison | b. | Henry Bessemer | d. | John D.
Rockefeller |
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68.
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Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park,
New Jersey
a. | Thomas Edison | c. | Alexander G. Bell | b. | General George Electric | d. | Westinghouse |
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69.
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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. | Thomas Edison | b. | Christopher Sholes | d. | George Pullman |
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70.
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Which union was organized by a group of radical unionists and socialists?
a. | Knights of Labor | c. | American Federation of Labor | b. | National Labor
Union | d. | Industrial Workers of
the World |
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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. | Pullman Factory | c. | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | b. | Haymarket
Square | d. | Carnegie
Steel's Homestead Plant |
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At which place did shocking scenes of violence between workers and authorities
occur?
a. | Pullman Company | c. | Carnegie Steel’s Homestead plant | b. | Haymarket
Square | d. | All of
these |
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