APUSH Chapter 17

During the 1870s and 1880s most of the immigrant to the US came from

England, Ireland, northern Europe

In the 1870s the internal combustion engine was developed in

Europe

In the late 19th Centuryg the first and most important promoted of Social Darwinism was

Herbert Spencer

The Knights of Labor

focused its effort on improving wages and reduces hours

Edward Bellamy's 1888 book, Looking Backward

imagined an idea future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust

The process of making steel developed by Henry Bessemer

included blowing air though molten iron

During the late 19th century child labor in the US

increased significantly

In the early 20th Century a principle goal of Taylorism was to

reorganize industrial production by subdividing into many simple tasks

The Haymarket Square riot of 1886

resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists

In 1917 automobile production in the US

saw nearly 5 million cars on American roads

in the late 19th century industry in the US

saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth

In what industry did the Homestead Act of 1892 Occue

steel

A key to Henry Ford's successes in the mass production of automobiles was

the moving assembly line

According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his Gospel of Wealth

the rich had great responsibility of society

In the late 19th century organized labor failed to make great gains for all the following reasons except In the late nineteenth century, organized labor failed to make great gains for all of the following reasons EXCEPT tensions between ethnic and racial groups, which divided the work force. the opposition of powerful and wealthy corporations. the constantly shifting nature of the workforce. the relatively small membership of the major labor organizations when compared to the total workforce. the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of workers

the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of worerks

In the late 19th century Social darwinists argued that people who failed economically in the US did so because

they were not fit to survive in the market

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane in 1903

took place in Kitty Hawk NC

The Business structure of standard oil was a good example of

vertical and horizontal integrations

The great railroad strike of 1877

was launched in response to wage out

The Theory of Social Darwinism

was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitilism

During the late 19th Century anarchists in the US

were linked with violence and terrorism in the public mind

the pullman strike of 1894

saw the president of the US order Federal troops to break the streaks

The Pennsylvania Railroad was created by

the state government of Pennsylvania

Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892? Henry Frick shut down the plant in an attempt to destroy the Amalgamated union. The entire Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to protect strikebreakers. Hundreds of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers. One radical made a failed attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick. The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.

Hundred of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers

Who among the following was not significantly associated with the steel industryHenry Bessemer Andrew Carnegie J. Pierpont Morgan Henry Clay Frick James J. Hill

James J Hill

Who began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing Oil companies in Ohio

John D Rockefellar

By the 1900 the average yearly income of American workers was about $600. allowed most workers to maintain a reasonably comfortable standard of living. remained generally unaffected by economic boom-and-bust cycles. both allowed most workers to maintain a reasonably comfortable standard of living and remained generally unaffected by economic boom-and-bust cycles. None of these answers is correct.

None of these answers is correct

The first significant oil production in the US occurred

Pennsylvania

In the US the steel industry first emrged in

Pennsylvania and Ohio

Eugene V Debbs played a leading role in what labor event

Pullman Strike

At its height in 1886 the Knights of labor were led by

Terence V Powderly

The business structure of Carnegie steel was a good example of

Vertical integration

The late 19th Century sociologist Lester Frank Ward

believed that human intelligence not natural selection shaped society

In 1900, the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations

centralized the sources of research funding

The pullman strike of 1894 began when George Pullman owner of the company

cut wages by 25% due to a slumping economy

To John D Rockefeller the great curse of business in the late 19th century was

cutthroat competition

In 1929 the base price of a ford t model was

$290

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the

American Federation of Labor

During the 19th century the growth of large corporations was helped by sales of company stock to the public. "limited liability" laws. the realization that great ventures could not be financed by any single person. both sales of company stock to the public and "limited liability" laws. All these answers are correct

All these answers are correct

In the late 19th century due to the growth of industrial capitalism, American Workers saw a rise in their standard of living. experienced a loss in their control over their own work. were forced to contend with arduous and dangerous working conditions. both saw a rise in their standard of living, and experienced a loss in their control over their own work. All these answers are correct.

All these answers are correct

In the late 19th century the social writer Henry George argued in favor of

a single land tax to replace all other taxes

Prior to the Civil War the steel industry in the US

barely developed at all

Which of the following statements about American railroad industry in the late 19th century is false It included the nation's largest businesses. It saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations. It relied partially on government subsidies for its growth. It was among the first to adopt new corporate form of organization. It became a national symbol of concentrated economic power.

it saw congress outlaw railroad combinations

the molly maguires were a militant

labor union in the coal industry

In 1900 regarding work conditions in American Factories

laborers could expect to work at least ten hours a day six days a week

In the late 19th Century Daniel De Leon

led the Socialist Labor Party in the US

The open hearth process of making steel

made the production of large dimension pieces possible

In the late 19th Century the needs of the American steel industry directly contributed to the further development of all the following except he automobile industry. steam engine technology. freighters on the Great Lakes. the Pennsylvania Railroad. the oil industry

oil industry

In the American Business Community at the end of the 19th century

one percent of corporations controlled 1/3 of all manufacturing

Until it's repeal in 1885 the labor Contract Law

put many new immigrants in debt to American Businessmen