Multiple Choice Chapter 17 Self-Quiz 1

. What did the Englishman Arthur Shadwell think of Pittsburgh after his visit in 1903?

The city was an example in modern urban planning.

Pittsburgh was destined to become the new London.

He wished it would someday resemble Sheffield.

He thought it was the product of ruthless industrialists.

. What concerned late 19th-century Americans about the monopolies that emerged in, for example, the steel industry?

They would raise prices for consumers.

They would reduce economic growth.

They would wield excessive influence over government.

They would not hire immigrants.

. In contrast to pre-Civil War businesses, the large modern business enterprises

separated ownership from management.

used interchangeable parts for the first time.

divided jobs into tasks that required less skill.

used powered tools and machinery.

. Big businesses practiced vertical integration in order to

control their foreign competitors and imports.

undermine unionization efforts and labor unrest.

prevent government regulation and oversight.

control costs in manufacturing and distribution.

. Which of the following was true about the "self-made" men of the late 19th-century business world?

They were exclusively American-born.

They benefited from governmental aid.

They came from the very bottom of society.

They were as often women as they were men.

. Winston Churchill's mother was born in

the United States.

Scotland.

Germany.

Ireland.

. Like many other businesses in Gilded Age America, southern textile factories hired only

children.

blacks.

women.

whites.

. Which of the following was a significant consequence of white-collar workers' identification with business owners in Gilded Age America?

They were rewarded well for their loyalty.

Business elites did the white-collar workers' political bidding.

White-collar workers provided popular support for antiunion efforts.

Women remained excluded from office work for another generation.

. Why did European railroad workers only die at a third of the rate of American railroad workers?

They were healthier and physically more capable.

They had more experience with the technology.

They were not immigrants and more intelligent.

They had government workplace safety regulations.

. Workers crafted a variety of strategies for collective action in an effort to offset the enormous power of

industrialists.

political parties.

government regulators.

unions.

. Which of the following weakened the effectiveness of the Knights of Labor?

They were too closely tied to the Democratic Party.

They were too eager to reach a compromise with business owners.

Their unskilled members were easily fired and replaced.

Their gender and racial discrimination limited their public appeal.

. Which of the following was a consequence of the Pullman Railroad strike of 1894?

The American Railway Union rose to nationwide prominence.

Eugene Debs became the leader of the national union movement.

The Pullman Palace Car company had to declare bankruptcy.

Eugene Debs turned from unionism to the Socialist Party of America.

. Who formed the People's Party in 1890?

disgruntled northern Republicans

secessionist southern Democrats

radical socialist union workers

members of the Farmers' Alliance

. Which element in the Horatio Alger stories revealed an important truth about the American dream in Gilded Age America?

the importance of college education

the emphasis on lucky circumstances

the significance of privileged birth

the omnipresence of government

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