Hist. 302 - Ch. 17

Which of the following statements about late-19th-century American workers is FALSE?

They enjoyed stable wages that allowed their families to plan their rise into the middle class.

In the American business community at the end of the 19th century, 1% of corporations controlled more than one-third of all manufacturing.

True

In the late 19th century, most American millionaires in business

had not begun their careers at the lowest rung of the economic ladder.

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

speed up industrial production by subdividing it into many simple tasks.

The Homestead strike of 1892 occurred in the ________ industry.

steel

Terre Haute resident Eugene V. Debs played a leading role in ________.

the Pullman strike

One key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was

the moving assembly line.

The theory of Social Darwinism

was used to justify the extreme wealth and monopolistic practices of some industrial capitalists.

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

wealthy people had great responsibilities to society.

In the United States, the steel industry first emerged in

Ohio and Pennsylvania.