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

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