Chapter 17
Which of the following pairs is properly matched?
A. Collective bargaining—union negotiates with the employer for all the employees
Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?
Andrew Carnegie
The federal government responded to the problem of discrimination against the Chinese in nineteenth-century California by
Barring Chinese immigration to the United States in 1882.
The United States had become the leading steel producer in the world by 1900 because of
Bessemer Process
In terms of membership, the Knights of Labor discriminated
By excluding the Chinese.
Which of these factors were the critical determinants of workers' occupational opportunities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Gender and race
Why has the labor movement always been relatively weak in American politics?
Most industrial workers live in urban areas and cities, which are underrepresented in Congress.
The Great Strike of 1877 involved workers in which industry?
Railroads
Which of the following was a consequence of mass production?
Skilled workers gradually lost their autonomy.
Why was the American Federation of Labor more successful than the Knights of Labor in the late nineteenth century?
The AFL focused on goals such as better wages, hours, and working conditions
The Supreme Court decision to overturn Granger laws in Wabash v. Illinois (1886) led to
The creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Why was the Haymarket incident of 1886 significant?
The incident led to the downfall of the Knights of Labor.
Which of the following describes the traveling salesmen of the late nineteenth century?
They helped build nationwide distribution networks for a multitude of products.
How did John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Corporation come to control 95 percent of the nation's oil refining capacity by the 1880s?
Through predatory pricing and the creation of the trust
Gustavus Swift boosted productivity in his Chicago slaughterhouses in the 1860s by using
assembly lines
Which business strategy did John D. Rockefeller pioneer in the late nineteenth century?
horizontal integration
State Granger laws were designed primarily to
regulate big business.
"It looks to me like slavery to have a man stand over you with a stop watch." This statement by an iron molder refers to
scientific management.
Founded in 1867, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
sponsored events to improve the social life of farm families.
After the Civil War, Republican economic policies led to
the dominance of large corporations.