WorksheetsChapter 17 - Industrial Supremacy
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the late nineteenth century, industry in the United States
A. obtained the bulk of its raw materials from Central and South America.
B. faced a growing shortage of laborers.
C. saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth.
D. lacked adequate capital to expand the domestic market.
E. suffered from an entrepreneurial deficit.
Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?
A. Cyrus Field
B. J. P. Morgan
C. John D. Rockefeller
D. Andrew Carnegie
E. Samuel Morse
Prior to the Civil War, the steel industry in the United States
A. boomed as a result of the expanding U.S. Navy.
B. emerged as an important supplier for railroad construction.
C. largely replaced the iron industry.
D. resulted in the construction of large commercial ocean freighters.
E. barely developed at all.
The process of making steel developed by Henry Bessemer
A. included blowing air through molten iron.
B. involved adding ingredients to molten iron.
C. was also developed by an American, William Kelly.
D. included both blowing air through and adding ingredients to molten iron.
E. All these answers are correct
In the late nineteenth century, the needs of the American steel industry directly contributed to the further
development of all of the following EXCEPT
A. the automobile industry.
B. steam engine technology.
C. freighters on the Great Lakes.
D. the Pennsylvania Railroad.
E. the oil industry.
In the late nineteenth century, most American business millionaires
A. railed against the implications of Social Darwinism.
B. came from financially humble origins.
C. were living examples of “self-made men.”
D. had made their fortunes in the railroad industry.
E. began their careers from positions of wealth and privilege.
The theory of Social Darwinism
A. argued the new industrial economy was limiting the potential for individual wealth.
B. contended that ruthless corruption may be necessary in the attainment of wealth.
C. was formulated by Charles Darwin to explain industrial economies.
D. was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism.
E. argued that it behooved industrial titans to spread their wealth to the lower classes.
According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his The Gospel of Wealth,
A. successful businessmen had every right to live as they pleased.
B. only pious Americans would prosper.
C. it was the “Christian duty” of every American to become wealthy.
D. the rich had great responsibilities to society.
E. the wealthy had earned their money through God’s blessing alone.
The late-nineteenth-century sociologist Lester Frank Ward
A. suggested that industrialism was creating “organization men.”
B. believed that government intervention in society would be harmful.
C. sought to apply Darwinian laws to human society.
D. argued that people could do little to alter the economic stratification of society.
E. believed that human intelligence, not natural selection, shaped society
In the late nineteenth century, the writer Henry George argued in favor of
A. taxing only the richest Americans.
B. a single land tax to replace all other taxes.
C. government efforts to increase land values.
D. heavier taxes on the raw materials of industry.
E. abolishing all taxes.
In the late nineteenth century, due to the growth of industrial capitalism, American workers
A. saw a rise in their standard of living.
B. experienced a loss in their control over their own work.
C. were forced to contend with arduous and dangerous working conditions.
D. both saw a rise in their standard of living, and experienced a loss in their control over their own work.
E. All these answers are correct.
During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from
A. Italy and the Slavic countries.
B. England, Ireland, and northern Europe.
C. Poland, Hungary, and Russia.
D. Japan and China.
E. Mexico
By 1900, the average yearly income of American workers
A. was about $600.
B. allowed most workers to maintain a reasonably comfortable standard of living.
C. remained generally unaffected by economic boom-and-bust cycles.
D. All of these are correct
E. None of these answers is correct.
The Molly Maguires were a militant
A. offshoot of the Knights of Labor.
B. anti-immigration organization.
C. woman suffrage organization.
D. anarchist group.
E. labor union in the coal industry.
In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur?
A. steel
B. railroad
C. meatpacking
D. coal
E. oil
