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The development of print advertising illustrates the significance of which late 19th century event

Businesses creating demand for brand names

What late 19th century development made it possible for rural Americans to participate in the national consumer culture?

Catalogs

What did the Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Homestead Strike of 1882 have in common?

Government troops helped put down both strikes

Which magazine was the first to take advantage of advertising revenue to build mass readership, with over one million subscribers

Ladies' Home Journal

The introduction of mass production in the late 19th century American economy had which of the following advantages?

Mass production increased workers' output

What did Andrew Carnegie, Gustavus Swift, and John D. Rockefeller have in common?

They succeeded through vertical integration

How did John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Corporation come to control 95% of the nation's oil

Through predatory pricing and the creation of the trust

During the late 1800s, an adult male immigrant from which of the following locations would most likely be a skilled worker?

Wales

The Knights of Labor advocated which of the following reforms in their 1878 platform?

Workplace safety laws

who of the following represented the american notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

andrew carnegie

Gustavus Swift boosted productivity in his Chicago slaughterhouses in the 1860s by using

assembly lines

The federal government responded to the problem of discrimination against the Chinese in 19th century California by

barring Chinese immigration to the United States in 1882

In terms of membership, the Knights of Labor discriminated

by excluding the Chinese

which of the following statements characterizes the economics of working-class family life in the late 19th century america?

due to their dire economic circumstances, working-class families frequently sent their children out to work in mills, factories, or mines

which of these factors were the critical determinants of workers' occupational opportunities in the late 19th century and early 20th century?

gender and race

In 1891, the Texas Alliance proposed cooperative enterprise to

give farmers access to cheap credit

Which business strategy did John D. Rockefeller pioneer in the late 19th century?

horizontal integration

which of the following policies did the Greenback-Labor Party support in the 1870s?

inflation

which of the following were skilled workers with a relatively high degree of autonomy in the 1870s?

machinists

which of the following statements characterizes the employment of women in the american labor force during the late 19th century?

more than 75% of all stenographers and typists were female

why has the labor movement always been relatively weak in american politics?

most industrial workers live in urban areas and cities, which are underrepresented in congress

why was clerical and office work appealing to white working-class women in the late 9th century?

office work was cleaner and better paid than domestic service or factory work

The Great Strike of 1877 involved workers in which industry

railroads

which of the following technological innovations made it possible for gustavus f. swift to undercut the prices of local butchers?

refrigerated car

State Granger laws were designed primarily to

regulate big business

"it looks to me like slavery to have a man stand over you with a stop watch." This statement by an iron molder refers to

scientific management

which of the following was a consequence of mass production?

skilled workers gradually lost their autonomy

New immigration patterns in the early 20th century reflected growing emigration from

southern and Eastern Europe

Founded in 1867, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

sponsored events to improve the social life of farm families

which of the following describes vertically integrated corporations?

such corporations controlled all aspects of their operations' businesses

Established in 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

sued in court to force companies to reduce high rates

why was the american federation of labor more successful than the knights of labor in the late 19th century?

the AFL focused on goals such as better wages, hours, and working conditions

The United States had become the leading steel producer in the world by 1900 because of

the Bessemer process

which of the following was a 19th century example of a trade union?

the american federation of labor

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Granger laws in Wabash v. Illionois (1886) led to

the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission

why was the Haymarket incident of 1886 significant

the incident led to the downfall of the knights of labor

why was the strike by steelworkers at Homestead, Pennsylvania, significant

the lockout represented carnegie's effort to break the plant's union

which of the following statements describes the chinese immigrants to the US in the 19th century?

they faced more sever discrimination than european immigrants

which of the following describes the traveling salesmen of the late 19th century?

they helped build nationwide distribution networks for a multitude of products

which of the following statements describes the experiences of the new immigrants who entered the US between 1880 and 1920?

they often planned on working and saving money for a few years before returning home

why did chinese immigrants come to the US in the 19th century

they were motivated by poverty and upheaval in southern china

which of the following arguments did andrew carnegie make in his famous 1889 essay "wealth" (later called "the gospel of wealth")?

though industrialization increased the gap between rich and poor, everyone's standard of living rose

What was the purpose of the Hatch Act, passed by Congress and President Grover Cleveland in 1887?

to provide federal funding for agricultural research and education

as American industry expanded in the late 19th century, its energy source shifted from

water to coal

why did so few african american men hold factory jobs in the US in 1890?

white-dominated labor unions generally refused to allow blacks to join and seek industrial employment