Chapter 17

Question 1

Homestead lockout p544 WXT

Answer 1

a) an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892.
b) major part of wars against factory owners
c) showed how fed up workers were with conditions

Question 2

management revolution p546 WXT

Answer 2

a) concept that as control of businesses moved from the original owners to managers, society’s new governing class became not the traditional possessors of wealth but those having the expertise to manage, lead and organize large corporations.
b) better management
c) changed ideals of management

Question 3

vertical integration p547 WXT

Answer 3

a) controlling resources from raw resources to final product
b) gave people more power
c) showed how efficient a company could be

Question 4

horizontal integration p548 WXT

Answer 4

a) controlling all of one type of resource
b) allowed owners to set whatever price they wanted for a product
c) now is illegal

Question 5

trust p548 WXT

Answer 5

a) a relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another.
b) part of horizontal integration
c) showed how people could manipulate the market

Question 6

deskilling p551 WXT

Answer 6

a) reduce the level of skill required to carry out
b) lead to creation of assembly lines
c) made some skill jobs now require unskilled workers

Question 7

mass production p551 WXT

Answer 7

a) the production of large amounts of standardized product
b) more product, which made it cheaper
c) is how many products are made today

Question 8

scientific management p552 WXT

Answer 8

a) a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows
b) increased production
c) had ideas to increase production

Question 9

Chinese Exclusion Act p561 CUL

Answer 9

a) a federal law that was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
b) stopped chinese from entering country
c) showed that america wasnt the melting pot they thought it was

Question 10

Great Railroad Strike of 1877 p565 WXT

Answer 10

a) A group of railroad workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rose up and began to strike due to wage cuts
b) increased tensions between workers and owners
c) lead to even more workplace changes

Question 11

Greenback-Labor Party p565 WXT

Answer 11

a) an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active between 1874 and 1889.
b) worked to stop monopolies
c) helped stop monopolies

Question 12

producerism p566 WXT

Answer 12

a) an ideology which holds that those members of society engaged in the production of tangible wealth are of greater benefit to society
b) made focus on things
c) caused modern people to be focused on products

Question 13

Granger laws p566 WXT

Answer 13

a) regulated rising fare prices of railroad and grain elevator companies
b) made prices more fair
c) made competition more important

Question 14

Knights of Labor p567 WXT

Answer 14

a) promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, rejected Socialism and radicalism, demanded the eight-hour day, and promoted the producers ethic of republicanism.
b) gave workers more power
c) made the work space better

Question 15

anarchism p568 WXT

Answer 15

a) a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies often defined as self-governed voluntary institutions
b) challenged the government
c) made people more independent

Question 16

Haymarket Square p568 WXT

Answer 16

a) a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police.
b) continued to show the problem in labor force
c) caused a greater divide in industry

Question 17

Farmers’ Alliance p568 WXT

Answer 17

a) an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished in the 1870s and 1880s.
b) helped the farmers organize themselves
c) organizations like this still help farmers to the day

Question 18

Interstate Commerce Act p569 WXT

Answer 18

a) a law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices
b) helped make industry more fair
c) helped change the monopolies of the railroad industry

Question 19

closed shop p570 WXT

Answer 19

a) a form of union agreement under which the employer agrees to hire union members only
b) helped unions
c) still used in some trades today

Question 20

American Federation of Labor p570 WXT

Answer 20

a) the first federation of labor unions in the United States.
b) helped work for workers
c) helps workers still today

Question 21

Andrew Carnegie p544 WXT

Answer 21

a) a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century
b) created idea of vertical integration
c) example how to run a business and make lots of money

Question 22

Gustavus Swift p547 WXT

Answer 22

a) founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century,
b) helped improve the meatpacking industry
c) major force in gilded era

Question 23

John D. Rockefeller p547 WXT

Answer 23

a) an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
b) created idea of horizontal integration and trusts
c) one of the most important people in gilded era

Question 24

Henry George p565 CUL

Answer 24

a) an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax and the value capture of land/natural resource rents, an idea known at the time as Single-Tax.
b) created idea of single tax
c) had ideas to change economy of US

Question 25

Terence Powderly p567 WXT

Answer 25

a) an Irish-American politician and labor union leader, best known as head of the Knights of Labor in the late 1880s
b) guided the knights of labor
c) made knights of labor important

Question 26

Leonora Barry p567 WXT

Answer 26

a) the only woman to hold national office within the Knights of Labor,
b) showed that women could do the same jobs as a man
c) empowered other women

Question 27

Samuel Gompers p570 WXT

Answer 27

a) an English-born American cigar maker who became a Georgist labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
b) helped guide labor unions
c) made unions better