American History Chapter 17
Haymarket Square Riot, 1886
resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.
The Pullman strike of 1894
saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike.
And what industry did the homestead strike of 1892 occur
steel
In the late 19th century the first and most important promoter of social Darwinism was
Herbert Spencer
A key to henry Ford success in the mass production of automobiles was
The moving assembly line
In 1929 the base price of Ford model T was
$290
In the late 19th century due to the growth of industrial capitalism American workers
All these answers are correct
Samuel Gompers was the leader of the
American Federation of Labor
The late 19 century sociologist Lester Frank Ward
Believed that human intelligence not natural selection shaped society
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book looking backward
Imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust
Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?
John D. Rockefeller
The first significant oil production in the United States occurred in
Pennsylvania
In the United States the steel industry first emerged in
Pennsylvania and Ohio
In the early 20th century a principal goal of Taylorism was
Re-organize industrial production by subdividing it into many simple tasks
Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903
Took place near Kitty Hawk North Carolina
The story of social Darwinism
Was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism
Knights of Labor
began as a secret fraternal organization.
In his books, Horatio Alger
emphasized the value of personal character in business.
The Molly Maguires were a militant
labor union in the coal industry.
The open hearth process of making steel
made the production of large-dimension pieces possible.
According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie and his the Gospel of wealth
the rich had great responsibilities to society.
The business structure of standard oil was a good example of
vertical and horizontal integration