Check Your Understanding- Chapter 24 Flashcards

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The federal government contributed to the building of the national rail network by

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providing free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.

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The two railroads that joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869 were the

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Union Pacific and the Central Pacific.

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Two crucial innovations making the railroad system possible were

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steel tracks and a standard gauge for the width between the tracks.

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Who of the following was not among the organizers of one of the large monopolistic trust corporations of the Gilded Age?

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Thomas Edison

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A vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation essentially worked to

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establish monopolistic control over every phase of business from raw material to final consumer.

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The large trusts like Standard Oil and Swift and Armour justified their economic domination of their industries by claiming that

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only large-scale methods of production and distribution could provide superior products at low prices

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The southern textile mills generally employed

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poor whites recently off the farms.

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One of the most difficult adjustments many formerly rural workers had to make to the industrial system was the

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strict discipline and regimentation of time.

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The group whose lives were most dramatically altered by the new industrial age was

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women

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In its efforts on behalf of workers, the National Labor Union won

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an eight-hour day for government workers.

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The Knights of Labor believed that conflict between capital and labor would disappear when

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labor would own and operate businesses and industries.

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In contrast to the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor advocated

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concentrating on improving wages and hours and avoiding general social reform.

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