Industrialization Exam Review QV

Question 1

A "vertically integrated" system of production is one in which

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a single company controls the entire industrial process

Question 2

Henry Ford's main contribution to American industrialism was his

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use of the moving assembly line to achieve mass production.

Question 3

Both the Bessemer-Kelly process and the open-hearth process are methods of

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producing steel

Question 4

The oil industry was important in the late 1800s as

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a producer of a lubricant for machines of the steel industry

Question 5

A major feature of the program of the American Federation of Labor was its emphasis on

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immediate higher wages, shorter hours, better conditions.

Question 6

An organization that permitted a small group to control the stock of a number of corporations

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trust

Question 7

Andrew Carnegie made his principle fortune in the field of

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steel

Question 8

Which of the following is not an advantage the US enjoyed in its rise to industrial supremacy?

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a high level of basic research in pure science

Question 9

John D. Rockefeller made his principal fortune in the field of

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petroleum

Question 10

The legal principle that made investment in corporations attractive & corporations possible was

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limited liability.

Question 11

The significance of the Haymarket Square incident in 1886 was that

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it led to federal intervention in labor union matters.

Question 12

Each of the following was true about the railroads between 1860 and 1900 EXCEPT

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they gave the people control over the transportation system.

Question 13

The Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 were similar in that

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both started when management ordered pay cuts

Question 14

"Social Darwinism" was based on what aspect of Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution?

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survival of the fittest

Question 15

In the late 1800s, the American working classes suffered from which of the following conditions

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lack of job training programs, no government health and safety regulations, little or no worker's compensation for injury, no job security and layoffs due to seasonal factors

Industrialization Exam Review QV

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Industrialization Exam Review QV

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