American History Chapter 17

Haymarket Square Riot, 1886

resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.

The Pullman strike of 1894

saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike.

And what industry did the homestead strike of 1892 occur

steel

In the late 19th century the first and most important promoter of social Darwinism was

Herbert Spencer

A key to henry Ford success in the mass production of automobiles was

The moving assembly line

In 1929 the base price of Ford model T was

$290

In the late 19th century due to the growth of industrial capitalism American workers

All these answers are correct

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

American Federation of Labor

The late 19 century sociologist Lester Frank Ward

Believed that human intelligence not natural selection shaped society

Edward Bellamy's 1888 book looking backward

Imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust

Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?

John D. Rockefeller

The first significant oil production in the United States occurred in

Pennsylvania

In the United States the steel industry first emerged in

Pennsylvania and Ohio

In the early 20th century a principal goal of Taylorism was

Re-organize industrial production by subdividing it into many simple tasks

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903

Took place near Kitty Hawk North Carolina

The story of social Darwinism

Was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism

Knights of Labor

began as a secret fraternal organization.

In his books, Horatio Alger

emphasized the value of personal character in business.

The Molly Maguires were a militant

labor union in the coal industry.

The open hearth process of making steel

made the production of large-dimension pieces possible.

According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie and his the Gospel of wealth

the rich had great responsibilities to society.

The business structure of standard oil was a good example of

vertical and horizontal integration