Industry Comes of Age Test Review

private businesses run most industries, andcompetition determines how much goods cost

The oil industry first thrived in the late 1880s by producing

The leader of New York City's political machineof Tammany Hall in the late 1800s was

The formation of national labor unions in thelate 1800s was mainly a response to

The Pendleton Civil Service Act was importantbecause

Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth” was hisbelief that

What television broadcaster is a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt?

Reformers opposed to spoils system want asystem that used exams to award govt jobs based on

In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890,Congress attempted to

Trusts often tried to

By the late 1800s, charities had receivedmillions of dollars

A business that has sole economic control of abusiness or product is a

Free coinage meant

The railroads affected the concept of time inthe United States most by

Farmers who hoped to raise prices and increasetheir income were in favor of

Two late 19^th century technologicalinventions that especially drew women out of the home were

A quicker cheaper way to make steel

Tammany Hall was

Which of the following issues concerned thePopulist Party

A steel mill that owns every part of themanufacturing process from the top down is anexample of

Unionization failed because

The political party that supported governmentownership of railroads and telephone systems was

In the 1880s, Republican reformers came to beknown as

One reason the American Federation of Labor(AFL) was successful was that this organization

The Second Industrial Revolution was a period ofexplosive growth in

Who said I won't sue you I will ruin you?

The railroad most significantly stimulated theAmerican industrialization by

Who coined the term Gilded Age