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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