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13 Cards in this Set
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the expansion and development of railroad lines improved _________? |
Travel |
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did the modern industrial economy help the population? |
Yes |
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did the modern industrial economy lead to the development of a national market? |
Yes |
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the Bessemer Process, oil replacing whale oil, and electricity giving birth to new industries, is an example of what? A. technological progress B. technological order C. technological recession |
A. technological progress |
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development of the corporation as a business organization is what ERA? A. space ERA B. post-modern ERA C. gilded age ERA |
C. Gilded age ERA
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businessmen that use ruthless business tactics to destroy competition and to keep workers at low wages are know as what? |
Robber Barrons |
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how was the guy who fostered the gospel of wealth gave to libraries, and was a major steel industry leader? |
Andrew Carnegie |
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what is the John D. Rockefeller most known for? |
Controlling the refining of oil |
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list three problems found by workers during the gilded age. |
long hours for low pay poor working conditions, repetitive tasks child labor and lack of job security |
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Terrence Powderly was associated with? A. knight of labor B. right warriors C. american federation of labor |
A, knights of labor
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who founded american federation of labor? |
Samuel Gompers
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Give a brief discription of what the hay market affair of 1886 was. |
Labor leaders were blamed when a bomb exploded during a demonstration of striking workers at hay market square in Chicago. |
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did any government officials see unions as driving up the cost of goods? |
Yes |
