The Haymarket affair was a peaceful protest against the use of child labor.
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False
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Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.
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False
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Interconnected transportation and communications networks were essential to the origins of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States because:
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They facilitated the emergence of a national and even international markets for American goods
and services.
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All of the following statements are reasons why child labor was problematic EXCEPT:
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Child laborers took well-paying jobs from legal immigrants.
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The greatest growth of the Knights of Labor took place:
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Under the leadership of Terence Powderly when the union had several strikes against the railroads.
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Andrew Carnegie was an outspoken opponent of the idea of "the Gospel of Wealth."
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True
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President Grover Cleveland's response to the Pullman strike was to:
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Send federal troops to keep the trains running.
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The Foran Act made it illegal for federal or state government workers to join labor unions.
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False
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The first transcontinental railroad:
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Was built by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads.
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By the 1880s, most states had outlawed child labor.
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False
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Which of the following best accounts for the success of Standard Oil?
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Its corporate structure—known as vertical integration—allowed the company to grow tremendously.
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From the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century:
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Corporations grew in size and power.
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All of the following statements are true of the Pinkertons EXCEPT:
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They relied on Chinese labor to fill their ranks.
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The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah
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True
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The Knights of Labor allowed all occupations to join EXCEPT
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Policeman
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"Trusts" like Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust were vulnerable because they
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Were appealing targets for prosecution on the grounds of monopoly or restraint of trade
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Why were mail cars connected to the Pullman cars during the Pullman strike?
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To justify federal intervention to end the strike by allowing railroad executives to claim the strike
interfered with the mail
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Holding companies:
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Are firms that control the stock of other companies
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One method that executives used to fight unions was:
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Use the government.
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The invention of electric motors did all of the following EXCEPT:
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Led to the bankruptcy of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company.
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