Review Questions from The American Pageant by Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey.
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| 598437907 | All of the following economic developments were significant factors in enabling America to industrialize rapidly EXCEPT | (E) the sale of confiscated Confederate land and property | |
| 598437908 | Which of the following two industries were most significantly expanded as a result of the completion of the transcontinental railroad? | (B) Mining and Agriculutre | |
| 598437909 | Which effort represented the first attempt to regulate the monopolizing and pricing practices of the railroad corporations during this period? | (E) Laws passed by state legislatures regulating the monopolizing and pricing practices of the railroad corporations | |
| 598437910 | Which of the following was NOT among the common forms of corruption practiced by the wealthy railroad barons? | (B) Requiring their employees to buy railroad stock as a condition of employment | |
| 598437911 | Which of the following best describes the Europeans' approach to ownership of or investment in private companies in the US during this period? | (B) Allowing Americans to manage the business unless an economic crisis occurred | |
| 598437912 | How did the American system of mass manufacturing of standardized, interchangeable parts influence the behavior of U.S. capitalists? | (C) It stimulated the replacement of skilled labor with machinery by U.S. capitalists | |
| 598437913 | What two technological innovations greatly expanded the industrial employment of women in the late 19th century? | (A) the typewriter and the telephone | |
| 598437914 | All of the following economic strategies were employed by the titans of industry during this period to maximize their corporations' profits EXCEPT | (E) Seeking stable labor relations with their workers by permitting collective bargaining with unions | |
| 598437915 | Which of the following best describes the intellectual viewpoint of Andrew Carnegie as expressed in The Gospel of Wealth? | (B) the wealthy should exhibit moral and social responsibility in their use of their God- given money | |
| 598437916 | Which entity was the first prosecuted for alleged restraint-of-trade violations by the U.S. government using the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890? | (B) Labor unions | |
| 598437917 | All of the following were major attractions for potential investors on southern manufacturing industries EXCEPT | (E) a well-educated and ethnically diverse workforce | |
| 598437918 | Despite generally rising wages in the 19th century, industrial workers were extremely vulnerable to all of the following EXCEPT | (C) new educational requirements for jobs | |
| 598437919 | Which of the following was NOT a strategy utilized by late- 19th century employers to gain leverage over workers who were seeking to improve their wages and working conditions? | (A) closed shop | |
| 598437920 | All of the following were reasons that the Knights of Labor ultimately failed to sustain its union independence and membership by the 1890's EXCEPT | (E) racial and gender exclusiveness in its membership |
