Multiple Choice Chapter 17 Self-Quiz 2

Schaller, 3e_MC 17.2

. Compared to many northwestern European nations, the United States entered its phase of industrial capitalism

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The world's first billion dollar company was

. In 1870, the richest American men were

. Which of the following best describes the economic doctrine Gilded Age businessmen and their political supoorters subscribed to?

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America's chief industrial rival was

. First and foremost, the nation's startling industrial growth came about as a result of

. Compared to Europe, the division between white and blue collar workers in the United States seemed

. Of the 1.5 million women that worked for wages in 1870, the majority worked

. What triggered the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

. How did the Haymarket Affair of 1884 affect the Knights of Labor?

. What made the mission of the United Mine Workers especially difficult?

. Who was the audience for the growing number of guidebooks and self-help literature in Gilded Age America?

. Andrew Carnegie left all the following donations and legacies, EXCEPT:

. In contrast to people like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Demarest Lloyd thought that ___________, not wealth, was the striking feature of the age.

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What working class group rejected Bellamy's Looking Backward and its utopian future?

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