History Quizzes Week 3 Bank

Frank W. Woolworth's stores were known as

"five and dime" stores.

What did the fate of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 demonstrate?

Congress was in league with big business.

How did the Knights of Labor differ from other nineteenth-century labor organizations?

It was inclusive in its membership.

The inventor of a business model known as the ?trust? was

John D. Rockefeller.

The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for

The eight hour day

Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in social Darwinism?

The wealthy and powerful are those who are fittest for survival.

What is the difference between vertical integration and horizontal integration?

Vertical integration involves control of all phases of production whereas horizontal integration involves buying out rival companies producing the same product.

Which statement about women and children in the work force is NOT true?

Women and children were typically paid the same as men in similar occupations.

Which of the following beliefs influenced the development of the trust?

a belief that competition results in waste and market instability

The mass market that emerged in the late nineteenth century could best be described as

a shared consumer culture

Laissez-faire was a philosophy typically held by

conservative capitalists.

The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following EXCEPT

increasing numbers of skilled craftsmen.

"By 1879, John D. Rockefeller's company controlled 90 percent of the nation's" ?

oil-refining capacity.

Why did many married African-American women take part in the paid workforce?

out of economic necessity

The "Great Uprising" of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's

railroad companies

The first big business in the United States was the

railroad industry.

Which of the following best describes Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth"?

the belief that a free market creates opportunities and benefits for all