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Answer Return to Main Board How did some late nineteenth- century industrialist such as John D. Rockefeller react to government restrictions on their businesses?

Return to Main Board How did some late nineteenth-century industrialist such as John D. Rockefeller react to government restrictions on their businesses? By placing their companies under the control of boards of trustees

Answer Return to Main Board Consistent with their reputations for greed and corruption nineteen-century city bosses and their “Machines retained control of city governments by:

Return to Main Board Consistent with their reputations for greed and corruption nineteen-century city bosses and their “Machines retained control of city governments by: Providing aid to citizens in exchange for political support

Answer What action represents a major change in U.S. policy toward American Indians after the Civil War? Return to Main Board

What action represents a major change in U.S. policy toward American Indians after the Civil War? Apportionment of tribal property to private individuals Return to Main Board

Answer What tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the American Federation of Labor into the largest labor Union in the United States? Return to Main Board

What tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the American Federation of Labor into the largest labor Union in the United States? Concentrating on higher wages and better working conditions Return to Main Board

Answer In which way did the protest of Chicago’s Haymarket Square affect the Knights of Labor? Return to Main Board

In which way did the protest of Chicago’s Haymarket Square affect the Knights of Labor? Union members grew disillusioned as newspapers printed articles blaming workers for the violence that had occurred. Return to Main Board

Answer Return to Main Board Early twentieth-century Progressive reformers were LEAST concerned with which of the following problems? a.Unsafe food-processing methods b.Unhealthy urban living conditions c.Exploitation of children in the workplace d.Denial of African Americans’ civil rights

Return to Main Board Early twentieth-century Progressive reformers were LEAST concerned with which of the following problems? a.Unsafe food-processing methods b.Unhealthy urban living conditions c.Exploitation of children in the workplace d.Denial of African Americans’ civil rights

Answer Return to Main Board Which of the following factors was most significant in the development of labor unions during the nineteenth century? a.Working conditions b.Racial segregation c.Class discrimination d.Growing prosperity

Return to Main Board Which of the following factors was most significant in the development of labor unions during the nineteenth century? a.Working conditions b.Racial segregation c.Class discrimination d.Growing prosperity

Answer Why is Colonel George Custer considered a National hero after the Battle of Little Bighorn? Return to Main Board

Why is Colonel George Custer considered a National hero after the Battle of Little Bighorn? Wild West shows portrayed him and his troops fighting courageously against a mush larger enemy force

Answer How did modernization of production methods affect immigration in the United States? Return to Main Board

How did modernization of production methods affect immigration in the United States? It reduced the need for labor

Answer How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel? Return to Main Board

How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel? Controlling production and distribution processes increased workforce motivation

Answer The Exoduster movement involved which group? Return to Main Board

The Exoduster movement involved which group? African American leaving the South after the Civil War

Answer What technological development of the mid- nineteenth century most revolutionized the U.S. steel industry? Return to Main Board

What technological development of the mid- nineteenth century most revolutionized the U.S. steel industry? Bessemer Process

Answer In what significant way did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor? Return to Main Board

In what significant way did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor? The Knights of Labor opened the membership of the organization to women, blacks, and ethnic minorities.

Answer In their work with immigrants, settlement houses mainly addressed what need? Return to Main Board

In their work with immigrants, settlement houses mainly addressed what need? Cultural adjustment Return to Main Board

Answer The Haymarket Square episode, the Colorado labor wars, and the railroad strike of 1877 were results of what condition? Return to Main Board

The Haymarket Square episode, the Colorado labor wars, and the railroad strike of 1877 were results of what condition? Conflict between labor and management interests Return to Main Board

Answer The U.S. Cavalry’s Buffalo soldiers shared what experience with most other African Americans of their time? Return to Main Board

The U.S. Cavalry’s Buffalo soldiers shared what experience with most other African Americans of their time? They were segregated because of their race Return to Main Board

Answer What new invention effectively ended the need for long cattle drives? Return to Main Board

What new invention effectively ended the need for long cattle drives? Barbed-wire fence Return to Main Board

Answer The completion of the first transcontinental Railroad took place where? Return to Main Board

The completion of the first transcontinental Railroad took place where? Promontory Summit, Utah Return to Main Board

Answer The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad relied largely on the labors of which immigrant group? Return to Main Board

The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad relied largely on the labors of which immigrant group? Chinese Return to Main Board

Answer In the development of the steel industry, which of the following factors was LEAST significant? a.The contraction of railroads b.The abundance of natural resources c.The growth of cities and skyscrapers d.The invention of the telephone and typewriter Return to Main Board

In the development of the steel industry, which of the following factors was LEAST significant? a.The contraction of railroads b.The abundance of natural resources c.The growth of cities and skyscrapers d.The invention of the telephone and typewriter Return to Main Board