Chapter 17

4) Samuel Gompers was the leader of the A) American Federation of Labor. B) Molly Maguires. C) Congress of Industrial Organization. D) American Railway Union. E) Knights of Labor.

A) American Federation of Labor.

7) In the late nineteenth century, industry in the United States A) suffered from an entrepreneurial deficit. B) saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth. C) obtained the bulk of its raw materials from Central and South America. D) lacked adequate capital to expand the domestic market. E) faced a growing shortage of laborers.

B) saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth.

9) In the late nineteenth century, most American business millionaires A) came from financially humble origins. B) railed against the implications of Social Darwinism. C) began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege. D) were living examples of "self-made men." E) had made their fortunes in the railroad industry.

C) began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege.

8) Eugene V. Debs played a leading role in what labor event? A) Haymarket Square riot B) Railroad strike of 1877 C) Homestead strike D) Pullman strike E) All these answers are correct.

D) Pullman strike

6) A key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was A) the training of highly skilled workers. B) his encouragement of labor unions in organizing his factories. C) a reduction in the size of his labor force. D) the moving assembly line. E) the use of welds instead of rivets to speed production.

D) the moving assembly line.

1) During the late nineteenth century, anarchists in the United States A) were blamed for the Haymarket bombing. B) were linked with violence and terrorism in the public mind. C) were both blamed for the Haymarket bombing and linked with violence and terrorism in the public mind. D) became tied to the labor movement in the public mind. E) All these answers are correct.

E) All these answers are correct.

2) During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from A) Poland, Hungary, and Russia. B) Italy and the Slavic countries. C) Japan and China. D) Mexico. E) England, Ireland, and northern Europe.

E) England, Ireland, and northern Europe.

5) In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century, A) federal reforms of corporations had ended the most predatory business practices. B) rampant competitiveness and labor shortages helped to keep prices down and wages up. C) almost all corporations had achieved stability through "pool" arrangements. D) most states had made it illegal for one corporation to buy another one. E) one percent of corporations controlled one-third of all manufacturing.

E) one percent of corporations controlled one-third of all manufacturing.

3) Until its repeal in 1885, the Labor Contract Law A) discouraged immigration from non-European countries. B) prevented the formation of labor unions. C) was an attempt to reform American business practices. D) mandated that each worker sign an individual contract with a company. E) put many new immigrants in debt to American businessmen.

E) put many new immigrants in debt to American businessmen.

10) The business structure of Standard Oil was a good example of A) horizontal integration. B) vertical integration. C) diagonal integration. D) central integration. E) vertical and horizontal integration.

E) vertical and horizontal integration.