Question 1

What percentage of North Carolina mill operatives were sixteen years of age or younger?

Accepted Answer

A)   25 percent
B)   5 percent
C)   60 percent
D)   95 percentE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

African American workers in the New South __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   were limited to the lowest-paying unskilled jobs
B)   made the same wages as their white counterparts
C)   were guaranteed equal opportunity by law
D)   benefited as new opportunities opened for unskilled laborE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The most important result of the Sherman Antitrust Act by 1902 was to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   break up the Standard Oil trust
B)   inhibit the formation of trade unions
C)   bring thousands of new firms into the market
D)   clog the courts with unnecessary casesE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Most of the 20 million immigrants who arrived in American cities in the late nineteenth century were from __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   southern and eastern Europe
B)   northern Europe
C)   western Europe
D)   northern and eastern EuropeE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Middle-class children in the late nineteenth century __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   often had to work to maintain the family lifestyle
B)   had more leisure to creatively play
C)   were more regimented than before
D)   were treated much the same as working-class childrenE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

During the final third of the nineteenth century, the overall standard of living __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   climbed, although erratically
B)   declined evenly
C)   remained stagnant
D)   fluctuated, but eventually declinedE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Southern agricultural tradition included the practice of using the labor of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   all family members
B)   only the head of the household
C)   adults over the age of eighteen, allowing children to attend school full time
D)   immigrant workers instead of native-born AmericansE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to strive for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   practical instruction
B)   a classical education
C)   nonfactory employment
D)   careers in educationE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

What was the focus of the Tuskegee Institute at its founding?

Accepted Answer

A)   industrial and vocational education for African Americans along with moral uplift
B)   liberal arts education for African Americans
C)   liberal arts education for women
D)   vocational training for boysE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

What factors contributed to economic growth in the half century following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should include:
$\bullet$Role of government: Congress enacted steep tariffs to protect American manufacturers; federal government created new agencies to further technological development (National Academy of Sciences); U.S. patent reorganized to keep up with growing number of applications
$\bullet$Transcontinental railroad: most extensive transportation network in the world; linked cities across the nation and served as nationwide distributor of goods, including natural resources, food, and other commodities
$\bullet$New technologies: increased productivity of labor and the volume of goods; along with management and workers, machines created a system of continuous production and high productivity; mass production replaced wasteful practices and sped up the delivery of finished goods (meatpacking production lines); other machines mechanized every stage of processing (cigarette-making machines); assembly lines would soon become standard in most areas of manufacturing
$\bullet$New forms of marketing: mail-order houses, chain stores, and department stores all used advertising to increase sales; each of these offered a wide variety of goods and replaced specialty shops; mail-order goods distributed across the nation with the consolidation of the railroad and the expansion of the postal system

Question 11

Which of these set the AFL apart from the Knights of Labor and other similar organizations?

Accepted Answer

A)   focus on concrete employment goals, including union status to bargain for better working conditions, higher wages, and shorter hours
B)   cultivation by the AFL's leadership of civil goals
C)   pursuit of a graduated income tax
D)   interest in women's rightsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

In the typical company town of the southern Piedmont, workers were __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   given shares in the company
B)   taken care of "from cradle to grave"
C)   constantly supervised and controlled by the company
D)   often convict laborE) B) and D)
F) A) and B) C

Question 13

Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the great mail-order houses, were in Chicago because it was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   America's largest city
B)   the center of the consolidated rail system
C)   the place where most consumer goods were manufactured
D)   positioned to take advantage of transport on the Great LakesE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Why did technological innovation ultimately fail to reduce housework for middle-class women?

Accepted Answer

A)   New décor and complex meals required more time and energy.
B)   Many of the inventions did not actually deliver the services promised.
C)   Only the very rich could afford most of the innovations for homes.
D)   Commuting filled the time previously available for housework.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

In the 1860s, meatpackers set up one of the earliest __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   assembly lines
B)   unions
C)   quality control systems
D)   unemployment insurance fundsE) All of the above
F) C) and D) A

Question 16

Social Darwinists applied Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest" principle to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   justify social and economic stratification
B)   explain why the poor were essentially less selfish than the rich
C)   argue that successful people did not deserve their fortunes
D)   maintain that welfare programs were necessary for evolutionE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Where would members of the urban middle and working classes be most likely to meet?

Accepted Answer

A)   in church
B)   at a baseball game
C)   at an amusement park
D)   in a saloonE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The United Fruit Company was to vertical integration as this company was to horizontal combination.

Accepted Answer

A)   U.S. Steel
B)   Sears, Roebuck and Company
C)   Standard Oil
D)   American TobaccoE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The "good roads" about which southern politicians bragged were mainly built by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   cheap immigrant labor
B)   African American convict labor
C)   efficient new machinery
D)   highly skilled NorthernersE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Despite the working class's slim resources, workers constituted a new and important market for consumer goods because of their __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   combined buying power
B)   willingness to purchase cheap goods
C)   demand for ethnic foods
D)   need for bicyclesE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Exam 19: Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age

What percentage of North Carolina mill operatives were sixteen years of age or younger?

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African American workers in the New South __________.

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The most important result of the Sherman Antitrust Act by 1902 was to __________.

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Most of the 20 million immigrants who arrived in American cities in the late nineteenth century were from __________.

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Middle-class children in the late nineteenth century __________.

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During the final third of the nineteenth century, the overall standard of living __________.

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Southern agricultural tradition included the practice of using the labor of __________.

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Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to strive for __________.

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What was the focus of the Tuskegee Institute at its founding?

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What factors contributed to economic growth in the half century following the Civil War?

Which of these set the AFL apart from the Knights of Labor and other similar organizations?

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In the typical company town of the southern Piedmont, workers were __________.

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Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the great mail-order houses, were in Chicago because it was __________.

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Why did technological innovation ultimately fail to reduce housework for middle-class women?

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In the 1860s, meatpackers set up one of the earliest __________.

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Social Darwinists applied Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest" principle to __________.

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Where would members of the urban middle and working classes be most likely to meet?

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The United Fruit Company was to vertical integration as this company was to horizontal combination.

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The "good roads" about which southern politicians bragged were mainly built by __________.

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Despite the working class's slim resources, workers constituted a new and important market for consumer goods because of their __________.

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What percentage of North Carolina mill operatives were sixteen years of age or younger?

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African American workers in the New South __________.

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The most important result of the Sherman Antitrust Act by 1902 was to __________.

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Most of the 20 million immigrants who arrived in American cities in the late nineteenth century were from __________.

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Middle-class children in the late nineteenth century __________.

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During the final third of the nineteenth century, the overall standard of living __________.

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Southern agricultural tradition included the practice of using the labor of __________.

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Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to strive for __________.

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What was the focus of the Tuskegee Institute at its founding?

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What factors contributed to economic growth in the half century following the Civil War?

Which of these set the AFL apart from the Knights of Labor and other similar organizations?

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In the typical company town of the southern Piedmont, workers were __________.

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Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the great mail-order houses, were in Chicago because it was __________.

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Why did technological innovation ultimately fail to reduce housework for middle-class women?

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In the 1860s, meatpackers set up one of the earliest __________.

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Social Darwinists applied Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest" principle to __________.

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Where would members of the urban middle and working classes be most likely to meet?

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The United Fruit Company was to vertical integration as this company was to horizontal combination.

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The "good roads" about which southern politicians bragged were mainly built by __________.

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Despite the working class's slim resources, workers constituted a new and important market for consumer goods because of their __________.

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