HIST 1302 Exam 1 Study Guide
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Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business?
a. Marketing
b. Management
c. Accounting
d. Industrial production - Answer a. Marketing
What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?
a. The turn to skilled labor
b. Increased international demand
c. The adoption of interchangeable parts
d. Government loans - Answer c. The adoption of interchangeable parts
By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more
than __________.
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. All of the above combined - Answer d. All of the above combined
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?
a. United States Steel
b. Standard Oil
c. General Electric
d. American Tobacco - Answer a. United States Steel
By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nation's wealth.
a. 50%
b. 66%
c. 75%
d. 90% - Answer d. 90%
, Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?
a. State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of
the weak
b. Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate
c. Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable as
facts
d. Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution - Answer a.
State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the
weak
Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?
a. Great Railroad Strike of 1877
b. Haymarket Affair
c. Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
d. Strike against Jay Gould's railroad lines - Answer b. Haymarket Affair
Which of the following groups was the most radical?
a. Knights of Labor
b. American Federation of Labor
c. Congress of Industrial Organizations
d. United Auto Workers Union - Answer a. Knights of Labor
The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts
a. 500
b. 1,200
c. 8,000
d. 20,000 - Answer d. 20,000
Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)?
a. Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains
b. Northeastern union laborers
c. Asian immigrants
d. African Americans in northern cities - Answer a. Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and
Great Plains
Questions with Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business?
a. Marketing
b. Management
c. Accounting
d. Industrial production - Answer a. Marketing
What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?
a. The turn to skilled labor
b. Increased international demand
c. The adoption of interchangeable parts
d. Government loans - Answer c. The adoption of interchangeable parts
By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more
than __________.
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. All of the above combined - Answer d. All of the above combined
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?
a. United States Steel
b. Standard Oil
c. General Electric
d. American Tobacco - Answer a. United States Steel
By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nation's wealth.
a. 50%
b. 66%
c. 75%
d. 90% - Answer d. 90%
, Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?
a. State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of
the weak
b. Religion was a force of weakness that modern society will inevitably eradicate
c. Scientific ideas the only source of true knowledge, therefore theories are just as valuable as
facts
d. Inequalities in wealth would lead to social unrest and eventual revolution - Answer a.
State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the
weak
Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?
a. Great Railroad Strike of 1877
b. Haymarket Affair
c. Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
d. Strike against Jay Gould's railroad lines - Answer b. Haymarket Affair
Which of the following groups was the most radical?
a. Knights of Labor
b. American Federation of Labor
c. Congress of Industrial Organizations
d. United Auto Workers Union - Answer a. Knights of Labor
The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts
a. 500
b. 1,200
c. 8,000
d. 20,000 - Answer d. 20,000
Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)?
a. Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains
b. Northeastern union laborers
c. Asian immigrants
d. African Americans in northern cities - Answer a. Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and
Great Plains
