History

Front 1

Why was the ICC established?

Back 1

To oversee the practices of Interstate railroads.

Hint 1

Railroads

Front 2

Which of the following was characteristics of modern industrial America after the Civil War?

Back 2

All of these: The rapid spread of technological innovation and the factory system, the impulse to drive rivals out of business and consolidate monopoloistic power, and the exploitation of immense coal depositd as a source of cheap energy.

Front 3

Which of the following concerning the use of technology in industry in the second half of the 19th century is true

Back 3

Made it possible for manufacturers to hire cheap unskilled or semi skilled labor

Hint 3

Labor

Front 4

How did Andrew Carnegie revolutionize the steel industry?

Back 4

All of these: He incorporated the Bessemer process in his steel manufacturing factories, he standarized workplace procedures to achieve greater efficiency, and he utilized vertical integration to minimize costs and maximum profits

Front 5

Besides the fact that its all inclusive membership undermined its unity, why did the Knights of labor collapse in the late 1880's?

Back 5

Its use of strikes in the mid 1800's led to great backlash

Front 6

Who founded Standard Oil?

Back 6

John D. Rockefeller

Front 7

At the end of the Civil War, what communications system did the railroads use to coordinate their complex flow of rail cars?

Back 7

Telegraph

Front 8

Andrew Carnegie learned many of the successful management methods he used in the steel industry when he worked as?

Back 8

Employer of the PA railroad

Hint 8

PA

Front 9

Which of the following concerning thr U.S. Steel Company is true?

Back 9

The first company capitalized at more than $1 billion

Front 10

Which of the following was one of the secrets of John D. Rockefellers success?

Back 10

He paid attention to small details

Front 11

What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act do?

Back 11

None of these.

Front 12

How did the Supreme Court in US vs. Knight Company diminish the effectiveness of the Sherman Act?

Back 12

It ruled that manufacturing was not interstate commerce.

Front 13

Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

Back 13

Phonograph.

Front 14

Why was the American Federation of Labor the most successful union of the late century?

Back 14

Pursued higher wages, shorter work hours, and better working conditions.

Front 15

Which was the result of the rapid industrial development of the US between 1860 and 1900?

Back 15

Produced an economy by enormous corporations

Front 16

In the late 19th century which statements about child labor was true?

Back 16

Was common in the coal mines and cotton mills.

Front 17

Why did women join the work force in growing numbers in the late 19th century?

Back 17

Changes in agriculture brought young farm women into the industrial labor force, and immigrant daughters worked to supplement meager family incomes.

Front 18

Which of the following issues did not impede the growth of unions in the late 19th century?

Back 18

Lack of interest on the part of workers because their real wages were rising and conditions were improving.

Front 19

What did Terrence V. And the Knights of Labors advocate?

Back 19

All of these.

Front 20

Which immigrants in the west bore the brunt of labor hostility in the 1870s and 1880s?

Back 20

Chinese immigrants.

Front 21

Yellowdog were contracts-

Back 21

In which workers promised not to strike or join a union.

Front 22

What was the result of the Haymarkey Square bombing in 1886?

Back 22

Resulted in intensified animosity toward labor union.

Front 23

Karl Marx argued that

Back 23

Capitalists would eventually create their own destruction by driving impoverished workers to revolt.

Front 24

The business innovation pioneered by the railroad industry in the 1870s and 1880s

Back 24

Time zones and standarized equipment

Front 25

Who were the new immigrants who poured into the US between 1890 and 1920?

Back 25

Southern and Eastern Europeans.

Front 26

Who was the king of ragtime?

Back 26

Scott Joplin.

Front 27

Machine politics was

Back 27

Urban politics controlled by the boss of an unofficial politic organization designed tokeep a particular party in faction.

Front 28

Which of these functions was not typically performed by politicians, bosses, and precinct captains?

Back 28

Running settlement houses.

Front 29

The Young Mens Christian Association and the Young Women Association were focused mainly to

Back 29

Assist rural young men and women who migrated to the city.

Front 30

The Salvation Army was

Back 30

Pseudomilitary*

Front 31

Who was Anthony Comstock?

Back 31

Moral purity crusader.

Front 32

How did the settlement house movement distinguish itself from other urban social welfare organizations?

Back 32

It insisted that chaeity workers live in the slums to understand better the living conditions of the poor.

Front 33

Who established Hull House?

Back 33

Jane Adams

Front 34

How did immigrants adjust?

Back 34

Shed their native culture with reluctance.

Front 35

What was the importance of culture for American Victorians?

Back 35

Agencies that aspired the lower class to middle class status and behavior.

Front 36

Impact of department stores?

Back 36

All of the above.

Front 37

The American Womans Home.

Back 37

Catherine Beecher.