AP US Quiz 1870 - 1900
Quiz
Which of the following industries played an important role in the late nineteenth century in attracting immigrants to the United States?
- ranching
- railroads
- shipbuilding
- cotton farming
Which is the exception? Both Social Darwinism and classical economics agree...
- humans are descended from lower animals
- free competition promotes human progress
- government ownership of some of the means is desirable
- the government should ease the lot of the poor
In the late nineteenth century, the American working classes suffered from three of the following conditions. Which is not true?
- no job security; layoffs due to seasonal, cyclical, or technological factors
- no government health and safety regulations
- declining standard of living, in both absolute and relative terms
- little or no worker's compensation for injury
The immediate cause of the railroad strikes of 1877 was...
- the refusal of the owners to adopt safety measures
- the infiltration of unions by anarchists
- 10 percent cut in wages
- the refusal of the owners to agree to cost-of-living increases
Which of the following men suggested a socialist solution to the problem of maldistribution of wealth?
- Henry George
- Lester F. Ward
- Edward Bellamy
- William Graham Sumner
Which of the following emphasizes most strongly the duty of the rich to do good works for the public?
- Social Darwinism
- classical economics
- socialism
- the Gospel of Wealth
Electricity as a source of light and power was introduced in the:
- l860s
- l870s
- l880s
- l890s
Both the Bessemer process and the open-hearth process are methods of:
- pasteurizing milk
- refining petroleum
- mining coal
- producing steel
Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the field of:
- shipping
- steel
- banking
- petroleum
A vertically integrated system of production is one in which:
- management and labor share equally in the profits
- one company controls the entire industrial process from source of raw material to the final market.
- all the employees belong to one union.
- employees of different ethnic origins work together
John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in the field of:
- steel
- banking
- shipping
- petroleum
Both Social Darwinism and Darwin's theory of biological evolution agree with the doctrine of:
- Social Gospel
- instant creation
- biblical inerrancy
- survival of the fittest
A major feature of the program of the American Federation of Labor was its emphasis on:
- mass organization of all laborers--skilled, unskilled, and agricultural
- political action to achieve its goals
- immediate objectives, such as wages, hours, and working conditions
- reforming and altering the capitalist system
The Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 were similar in that:
- both started when management ordered pay cuts for workers
- both involved the American Railway Union
- federal troops were used to restore order in both
- strikers fought Pinkerton guards in violent pitched battles at both locations
In seeking a court injunction against the Pullman and related railroad strikes, the federal government invoked...
- its powers over interstate transport of the mails
- its general police power
- its powers of national defense
- the due-process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Which of the following novels is an account of the struggle between oppressed wheat farmers and powerful railroad interests in California?
- Kate Chopin's Awakening
- Frank Norris's Octopus
- Frank Norris's Pit
- Upton Sinclair's Jungle
Which of the following novels is a shocking expose of the horrible conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry?
- Kate Chopin's Awakening
- Frank Norris's Octopus
- Frank Norris's Pit
- Upton Sinclair's Jungle
Life in the American city in the late nineteenth century required a more conscious awareness of:
- clock time and time schedules
- public health
- fire safety
- all of the above
Louis Sullivan was significant to American urban development as:
- the inventor of the flush toilet
- the builder of the first subway
- the inventor of the elevator
- an architect, especially of skyscrapers