Chapter 22 history 1301

Which of the following did zoning laws tend to reinforce?

racial segregation

Which of the following was the basis of the American transport system in the early twentieth century?

railroads

Labor unions opposed employer-sponsored English lessons for immigrants because the lessons __________.

reinforced the dominance of employers over employees

Which of the following changed farm life at the turn of the twentieth century?

rural free delivery

The American Federation of Labor focused on protecting the interests of which group?

skilled craftspeople

The term "birds of passage" refers to __________.

temporary migrants

The expansion of the industrial sector in the nineteenth century led to increased employment opportunities in __________.

textiles

Which of the following reflects a response to urbanization and industrialization in the nineteenth century?

the settlement movement

Critics of women in the workplace argued that female employment __________.

threatened women's reproductive functions

Which of the following reflects the same principle as the one expressed in this statement?: "In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first."

"If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyor a little and the men speed up to keep pace."

Which of the following describes a trend in American society between 1900 and 1920?

A consumer culture flourished.

Which city best exemplifies the rapid urbanization that took place in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century?

Chicago, Illinois

In the late nineteenth century, immigrant workers from which country were barred from entering the United States?

China

Which of the following was the first to establish an industrial-research laboratory?

General Electric

Which of the following correctly associates the person with the genre to which he or she contributed?

Harriet Monroe - poetry

Whose plan to increase wages and improve working conditions was so successful at increasing control over a stable labor force that it was copied by other business leaders?

Henry Ford

Which of the following organizations sought to unite the working class into a single union and advocated social revolution?

Industrial Workers of the World

What was the significance of the Newlands Act of 1902?

It facilitated the irrigation of the arid West.

Why was the Hart, Schaffner agreement important in the history of industrial relations?

It was the first successful experiment in collective bargaining.

The business practices of which of the following companies was characterized by interlocking directorates?

J. P. Morgan and Company

Which of the following would the NAACP want to eliminate?

Jim Crow laws

What was the fundamental principle underlying Henry Ford's business?

Keep the price low and sell more cars.

Which state had the highest population density in 1900?

Massachusetts

Which of the following reflected the spirit of Progressivism?

McClure's

The Niagara Movement shared the same goals as the __________.

NAACP

Which of the following is an early example of a trust?

Standard Oil

A fire that broke out at which of the following worksites focused national attention on unsafe working conditions?

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

Which of the following describes a trend in the early twentieth century?

Union membership grew.

Which of the following has been offered as a reason for the disparity in pay between men and women?

Women who enter new fields lack seniority.

Business spending on which of the following increased in the early twentieth century?

advertising

Which of the following transformed mass production in the early twentieth century?

assembly-line technology

Which industry was at the forefront of creating modern large-scale businesses based on mass production?

automobile

What led to the establishment of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)?

brutality of college football games

Middle-class support for labor reforms to improve workers' lives during the Progressive Era was motivated in part by __________.

fear of violence and revolution

What was "the greatest revolution" initiative introduced by Henry Ford in 1914?

higher salaries with a shorter work schedule

Which of the following would a muckraker support?

improving health care

Which of the following reflects the influence of industrial psychology on businesses?

improving job safety to increase worker productivity

Louis Armstrong contributed to the development of which new genre in the early twentieth century?

jazz

Which of the following words was frequently used to describe the trends of the early twentieth century?

mass

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

nineteenth

Members of the Ashcan School were __________.

painters