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32 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the steel Industry?
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the steel industry did not strive on the Great Lakes because there was no transportation for the iron ore
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The Wright Brothers tested their airplanes in what state?
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North Carolina
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Put the following events in chronological order. 1. Pullman Strike, 2. Great Railroad Strike, 3. Creation of the AFL, 4. Creation of the Knight of Labor
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4, 2, 3, 1
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Which of the following was the first company to create a corporate laboratory?
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General Electric
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Ellis Island opened in _____ as an official immigration station.
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1892
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Which of the following is NOT an idea of "Taylorism"?
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have workers complete tasks without machinery
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The assembly line enabled business owners to...
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decrease production time which led to decrease in product costs.
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Limited liability means that
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stock holders are responsible for their investment and not the debt of the corporation
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a monopoly is
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exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market
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all of the following accurately describes most business tycoons EXCEPT
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most of them began with nothing and worked their way to the top.
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"Let us remember that there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings."
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Only the lazy and stupid will not succeed
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who founded the National Labor Union?
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William H. Sylvis
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who is associated with the American Federation of Labor?
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Samuel Gompers
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what name is associated with a militant labor organization?
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Molly Maguire
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who led the Knights of Labor?
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Uriah S. Stephens
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Which of the following presidents took action to stop strikes?
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Cleveland
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who led the American Railway Union?
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Eugene V. Debs
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which of the following was gained during this era?
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8 hour work day and workers compensation for injuries
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Labor Contracts were outlawed in...
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1885
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75% of workers were
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Under 25 Years old
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George Bissell
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Introduced ways to use petroleum
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Horatio Alger
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Was a minister in Massachusetts and wrote over 100 stories about a poor boy from a small town making a fortune in a big city
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John D. Rockefeller
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Owner of Standard Oil Company
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Andrew Carnegie
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Write the Gospel of Wealth and believed that the wealthy should give to charities and owned a large steel company
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Nicolas August Otto
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Developed the gas powered, four stroke engine
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Wilbur Wright
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Owned a bicycle shop
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Russell H. Conwell
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Gave a lecture titled "Acres of Diamonds"
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Railroad tycoon who believed he had more power than the government
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Herbert Spencer
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Believed that society benefitted from the elimination of the unfit and weak
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Charles Darwin
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Developed that idea that the strong will survive in nature and evolution
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Henry Ford
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Introduced the assembly line in production
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J. Pierpont Morgan
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Banker that consolidated with big businesses
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