Which of the following most directly affected the lives of the late-nineteenth-century workers?
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2. How did the Civil Service Commission eliminate the spoils system?3. Coxey’s Army marched on Washington, D.C., in the hopes of winning4. Populists campaigned for all of the following exceptThe Pullman Strike of 18946. Some big businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie vertically integrated their corporations by7. John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil practiced horizontal integration byWhat act of Congress was prompted by the Supreme Court’s ruling in the 1886Wabash case?9. Why was the Sherman Anti-Trust act significant?10. The western frontier at the end of the nineteenth century was most transformed by11. The National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor were similar in that both represented12. Membership in the Knights of Labor dwindled after13. The American Federation of Labor differed from the Knights of Labor in that14. From what region did most new immigrants in the United States come at the end of the nineteenth century?15. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois disagreed on the issue of racial equality in thatCongress passed the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887 in order to17. Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle prompted Congress to pass theWhat did historian Frederick Jackson Turner argue in 1893?19. Why was President Garfield assassinated?20. The Pendleton Act was passed to21. The McKinley Tariff raised the tariff rate to about22. Why was the Republican Party politically weak throughout the Gilded Age?The Depression of 1893 depleted the U.S. Treasury so much that the federal government had to24. Tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt transformed the railroad industry completely by25. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that only the federal government could regulate interstate trade?26. Which tycoon made steel into one of the nation’s biggest industries?27. Many middle-class Americans disliked labor unions in the late nineteenth century becauseWhy did membership in the National Labor Union fade in the mid-1870s?29. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was most often used to prosecute30. In which case did the Supreme Court legalize “separate but equal” public facilities for whites and blacks?31. Social Darwinists believed that32. Many farmers in the Midwest hated the railroad companies because they33. The Populist movement was born out of the34. Cleveland’s second presidential term was plagued by all of the following crises except35. Which of the following men delivered the famous “Cross of Gold” speech?36. The Populists’ dream of free silver ended when Congress and McKinley passedWhat was the primary reason Benjamin Harrison lost the election of 1892?38. Members of the Ghost Dance Movement sought to39. Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine effectively stipulated thatAll of the following inventions transformed American life in the late 1800s exceptWhat was the main reason Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912?42. With which Native American tribes did the United States fight wars?43. Which of the following affected African Americans most directly?44. Farmers were represented by all of the following except45. Roosevelt announced his Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine out of fear that46. Whom did Jane Addams’s Hull House strive to help?47. As the head of which institution did Booker T. Washington push for improved education for blacks?48. John Hay’s Open Door Notes requested that Japan and Europe49. Taft alienated progressive Republicans and voters by supporting the50. Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal domestic agenda called forThe late 19th-century United States is probably best known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant and output. At the heart of these huge increases was the mass production of goods by machines. This process was first introduced and perfected by British textile manufacturers. In the century since such mechanization had
begun, machines had replaced highly skilled craftspeople in one industry after another. By the 1870s, machines were knitting stockings and stitching shirts and dresses, cutting and stitching leather for shoes, and producing nails by the millions. By reducing labor costs, such machines not only reduced manufacturing costs but lowered prices manufacturers charged consumers. In short, machine production created a growing abundance of products at cheaper prices. Mechanization also had less
desirable effects. For one, machines changed the way people worked. Skilled craftspeople of earlier days had the satisfaction of seeing a product through from beginning to end. When they saw a knife, or barrel, or shirt or dress, they had a sense of accomplishment. Machines, on the other hand, tended to subdivide production down into many small repetitive tasks with workers often doing only a single task. The pace of work usually became faster and faster; work was often performed in factories
built to house the machines. Finally, factory managers began to enforce an industrial discipline, forcing workers to work set hours which were often very long. One result of mechanization and factory production was the growing attractiveness of labor organization. To be sure, craft guilds had been around a long time. Now, however, there were increasing reasons for workers to join labor unions. Such labor unions were not notably successful in organizing large numbers of workers in the late
19th century. Still, unions were able to organize a variety of strikes and other work stoppages that served to publicize their grievances about working conditions and wages. Even so, labor unions did not gain even close to equal footing with businesses and industries until the economic chaos of the 1930s. To find other documents in Loc.gov relating to this topic, you might use the terms work or workers, factories,
or specific occupations such as miner, machinist, factory worker, or machine operator. Part of
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Which of the following arguments did some late nineteenth century leaders use to justify the situation depicted in?Which of the following arguments did some late-nineteenth century leaders use to justify the situation depicted in the image? The leaders of political machines provided immigrants with social services that they needed to survive.
Which of the following most likely contributed to the rise of modern mass production referred to in the excerpt?Which of the following most likely contributed to the rise of "modern mass production" referred to in the excerpt? The political cartoon was intended to: persuade the American public to regulate labor practices.
Which of the following can be best concluded about the late 1800s based on the situation in which the excerpt was produced?Which of the following can best be concluded about the late 1800s based on the situation in which the excerpt was produced? People debated the best means for expanding educational opportunities.
Which of the following arguments about southern society in the late 1800s could the excerpts point of view best be used to support?Which of the following arguments about Southern society in the late 1800s could the excerpt's point of view best be used to support? Southern African Americans secured new constitutional rights and opportunities.
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