The American Yawp Chapter 15 – 17 Exam

Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business?

• Marketing

• Management

• Accounting

• Industrial production

What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?

• The turn to skilled labor

• Increased international demand

• The adoption of interchangeable parts

• Government loans

A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion dollar American corporation. What was that corporation?

• United States Steel

• Standard Oil

• General Electric

• American Tobacco

By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps percent of the nation’s wealth.

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%
• 66%

Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?

• State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak

• Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate

• Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable as facts

• Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution

The event that most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor was:

• The Haymarket Square Riot

• The Pullman Strike

• The Homestead Strike

• The Great Railroad Strike

Which of the following groups was the most radical?

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• Congress of Industrial Organizations

• United Auto Workers Union

The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over strikes and lockouts

• 500

• 1,200

• 8,000

• 20,000

Which group founded the People’s Party (also known as the Populists)?

• Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains

• Northeastern union laborers

• Asian immigrants

• African Americans in northern cities

What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform?

• Nationalizing the country’s railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential services would be run in the best interests of the people

• Establishment of a network of federally-managed warehouses—called subtreasuries—which would extend government loans to farmers

• Promoted an inflationary monetary policy by monetizing silver

• All of the above