front 1 The vast, integrated, continental U.S. market greatly enhanced the American inclination toward a. selling goods far away from their point of manufacture. b. specialized goods produced by skilled labor. c. government certification and regulation of consumer products. d. mass manufacturing of standardized industrial products. e. importing raw materials from overseas. | back 1 d |
front 2 One of the major reasons the Knights of Labor failed was its a. racial exclusiveness. | back 2 e |
front 3 The two industries that the transcontinental railroads most significantly expanded were a. textiles and shoemaking. | back 3 b |
front 4 Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified. A. Andrew Carnegie 1- interlocking directorate 2- trust 3- vertical integration a. A-2, B-4, C-1 | back 4 d |
front 5 One group, barred from membership in the Knights of Labor, was a. African Americans. | back 5 b |
front 6 Although they were commonly called "Social Darwinists," advocates of economic, national, or racial "survival of the fittest" ideas actually drew less on biologist Charles Darwin than on a. British laissez-faire economists like Thomas Malthus and David
Ricardo. | back 6 a |
front 7 The "Gospel of Wealth" endorsed by Andrew Carnegie a. based its theology on the teachings of Jesus. | back 7 b |
front 8 The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited a. companies from signing contracts without competitive
bidding. | back 8 d |
front 9 By 1900, American attitudes toward labor began to change as the public came to recognize the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike. Nevertheless a. labor unions continued to decline in membership. | back 9 c |
front 10 The image of the "Gibson Girl" represented a(n) a. revival of the early American feminine ideal of republican
motherhood. | back 10 d |