- The primary benefit of innovations in communication was ______.- making major improvements in the production of newspapers- making information available almost instantaneously- increasing regional differences- making business transactions more complex
- What was at the core of Terence V. Powderly's moral vision for the Knights of Labor?- going along with the demands of managers- renouncing greed and laziness- exploiting children and convicts for labor- promoting violence and extremism
- What was the first nationwide strike in the United States?the Homestead Strikethe Great Railroad Strikethe Great Upheavalthe Pullman Strike
- In 1900, about ______ of married American women held a job outside the home.15 percent25 percent5 percent35 percent
- By the end of the nineteenth century, telegraph wires were handling about ______ million messages per year.36635200
- True or false: Workers welcomed scientific management studies that helped make them more efficient and productive.
- Time-and-motion studies were ______.- developed for use in the transportation industry- incorporated into workers' holidays and religious observances- used by managers to increase speed and efficiency among workers- developed by unions to help justify increasing workers' wages
- An important benefit of big business was ______.decentralized productionconcentrated powerincreased demand for capitalincreased national wealth
- Which of the following is a common factor between the National Labor Union and the craft unions that formed prior to the Civil War?- Both united skilled and unskilled workers- Both remained largely local and unconnected to unskilled workers- Both allowed women industrial workers to become members- Both resisted management efforts to control workers and workplaces
- As citizens of a democracy, many workers expected ______.- jobs for their family memberspersonal time to visit families back - in their homelands- opportunities to become managers and supervisors- adequate wages to help them care for and educate their families
- From 1880 to 1900, approximately how many workers annually were injured in industrial accidents?500,0005005,00050,000
- Workers resisted being treated as interchangeable parts in the industrial system by ______.- taking unauthorized days off from work- getting management to give them paid time off for saints' days- adding their input in time-and-motion studies- speeding up work to finish as quickly as possible
- Industrial work was characterized by all of the following except ______- disciplined management of work by the clock- widespread reliance on self-employed contractors- work broken down into repetitious, tedious tasks- use of machines to set the pace of work
- African Americans resisted discrimination in industrial work by ______.- migrating to other countries for work- starting their own businesses- taking low-paying jobs serving whites- forming unions and striking
- The original trust, formed by Standard Oil's chief counsel, was designed to avoid what?workplace safety regulationsunionizationmulti-state taxesviolating state laws
- The standardized time zones created by the railroads in 1883 were ______ apart from each other.four hourstwo hoursone hourthree hours
- The "gospel of wealth" stressed that ______.- the rich should get richer- the poor should make demands on the rich- the rich should protect the poor- the poor have themselves to blame for being poor
- Which of the following was key to Andrew Carnegie's success?- He built and bought during boom times.- He hired unskilled managers and taught them what they needed to know.- He focused on building his core business rather than expanding.- He kept costs down to undersell competitors.
- Upon what constitutional authority was the Sherman Antitrust Act based?- the right to regulate the money supply- the right to regulate interstate commerce- the right to collect taxes- the right to issue patents
- Which intellectual first applied Charles Darwin's theories of evolution to human society?Herbert SpencerWilliam Graham SumnerHenry GeorgeDaniel De Leon