History Ch.16

8. Which of the following groups was the most radical?

a. Knights of Labor

10. Which group founded the people's party (also known as the populist)?

a. Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains

6. Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?

a. State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak?

4. A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion dollar American corporation. What was that corporation?

a. United States Steal

7. Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?

b. Haymarket Affair

1. Taylorism attempted to use scientific Pairing Token: principles to better handle which aspect of business?

b. Management

12. Why were southerners unable to maintain unity in the people's party?

b. Racial conflict

13. Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the gold standard?

c. He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of framers debts

2. What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?

c. The adoption of interchangeable parts

9. The final two decades of the 19th century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts.

d. 20,000

5. By 1900, the riches ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nations wealth.

d. 90%

11. What did the populist propose in the omaha platform?

d. All of the above

14. Which of the following factors contributed to William McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election?

d. All of the above

15. The socialist party of America achieved which of the following gains in the early twentieth century?

d. All of the above

3. By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more than ________

d. All of the above combined