American Industrialization

Which Christian industrialist lived by the motto “To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success”?

• Andrew Carnegie

• H. J. Heinz

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Which was NOT a major reason for American industrial growth?

• Immigration

• Innovative spirit

• New energy sources

• Low tariffs

What captain of industry began his career as an immigrant working in a textile mill?

• Andrew Carnegie

• H. J. Heinz

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who won the 1896 presidential campaign?

• Chester A. Arthur

• Grover Cleveland

• William McKinley

• Benjamin Harrison

What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Phonograph

• Typewriter

What event discredited the Knights of Labor?

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• Panic of ’93

• Pullman Strike

The twin pillars of the “New South” were tobacco and _____.

• oil

• shipping

• steel

• textiles

When did the American Railway Union defy an injunction by federal courts?

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• Pullman Strike

• Panic of ’93

What was the chief goal of the Grange during the 1870s?

• Social contracts for farmers

• Scientific research in farming

• State regulation of railroads

• Free silver

What legislation was designed to make monopolization in business illegal?

• Pendleton Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• McKinley Tariff

• Interstate Commerce Act