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Question #1
How did the middle class distinguish itself from the upper classes and those in the lower economic class?
A.   They emphasized a separation between the home and the public sphere of work and politics.
B.   They created a self-identity that relied on hard work, discipline and morality.
C.   They underscored education for their children.
D.   All of these describe the middle class in industrial America.
E.   They increasingly moved away from the central cities into the emerging suburban neighborhoods.
Question #2
Which of the following is not an accurate pairing?
A.   John Pierpont Morgan and the financial industry
B.   Andrew Carnegie and vertical integration of steel
C.   Jay Gould and the railroad industry
D.   John D. Rockefeller and horizontal integration of oil
E.   Horatio Alger and Gospel of Wealth (correct)
Question #3
All of the following characterized working class life in American industrial cities except
A.   Poverty
B.   Disease epidemics
C.   Lack of opportunities for entertainment
D.   Lack of affordable housing
E.   Poor quality of public services
Question #4
Which industry most spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries in the nineteenth century?
A.   Steel
B.   Oil
C.   Railroads
D.   Food
E.   Banking
Question #5
Industrialization and urbanization played an important role in the demarcation of social class in America.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #6
Which of these statements about Mother Jones is not accurate?
A.   She was an ardent support of labor rights.
B.   She was jailed several times for her activism.
C.   She came to the United States as an immigrant.
D.   She strongly supported women's rights and suffrage.
E.   Her confrontational style earned her the nickname "the most dangerous woman in America."
Question #7
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory
A.   Exemplifies the sweatshop conditions typical of industrial America
B.   Became the symbol to many of the need for strong labor unions
C.   Employed mostly young women who had recently immigrated to the US
D.   Was the location of a devastating fire in 1911 that brought into focus the woefully lacking protections of American workers
E.   Is represented by all of the statements above
Question #8
Which of the following is the best statement of the theory of social Darwinism?
A.   The laws of evolution mean that social progress results only when we allow the strongest to rise to the top, without government intervention.
B.   The wealthy are wealthy because of their strength and they therefore have a responsibility to assist the less fortunate.
C.   Governments have a social responsibility towards the poor to uplift them
D.   Because social forces complicate the natural pressures of evolution, the best way to improve humankind is government regulation of human breeding patterns
E.   Natural selection among our ancestors resulted in the rise of Christianity and its moral values that should guide individuals in their treatment of the disadvantaged.
Question #9
The tax on imported goods is called
A.   Excise
B.   Property
C.   Tariff
D.   Value added
E.   Land
Question #10
All of the following are examples of federal involvement in the economy except…
A.   Congress actively attempted to regulate labor relations to boost industrial production.
B.   Congress supported domestic production by imposing tariffs on foreign imports.
C.   Congress passed legislation to encourage westward expansion and thus expansion of agriculture and markets.
D.   The federal government used the armed forces as a tool for clearing lands for American settlers in the West, thus boosting agriculture and growth of markets.
E.   It provided financial support for railroad companies through land grants.
Question #11
What factors contributed to the rapid urbanization of the United States?
A.   Domestic rural to urban migration
B.   Natural growth of the population, especially immigrant families
C.   Overseas immigration
D.   All of these
E.   Industrialization
Question #12
Late-nineteenth-century large urban areas were characterized by
A.   New amusements that allowed for increased mixing of people
B.   All of these
C.   Creation of business districts with high-rise buildings
D.   Expansion of mass transportation
E.   Segmentation of neighborhoods by class
Question #13
Which of the following pairings of inventors and their invention is not accurate?
A.   Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone
B.   Christopher Stokes and the typewriter
C.   Henry Bessemer and pasteurization
D.   Thomas Alva Edison and the incandescent light bulb
E.   Edward Drake and oil drilling
Question #14
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1877…
A.   Was immediately challenged in the courts by big business, resulting in diminishing its power
B.   Aimed at regulating railroads and their monopolistic practices
C.   Exemplifies the strong role the federal government took in regulating business practices
D.   Created the Interstate Commerce Commission with significant power and funding to investigate abusive business practices
E.   All of these are accurate
Question #15
By what year did the majority of Americans live in an urban area?
A.   1880
B.   1890
C.   1910
D.   1920
E.   1900

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