Review Questions
- Which of these was not a successful invention of the era?
- high-powered sewing machines
- movies with sound
- frozen foods
- typewriters
- What was the major advantage of Westinghouse’s “alternating current” power invention?
- It was less prone to fire.
- It cost less to produce.
- It allowed machines to be farther from the power source.
- It was not under Edison’s control.
- How did the burst of new inventions during this era fuel the process of urbanization?
- Which of the following “robber barons” was notable for the exploitative way he made his fortune in railroads?
- Jay Gould
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Andrew Carnegie
- J. Pierpont Morgan
- Which of the following does not represent one of the management strategies that John D. Rockefeller used in building his empire?
- horizontal integration
- vertical integration
- social Darwinism
- the holding company model
- Why was Rockefeller’s use of horizontal integration such an effective business tool at this time? Were his choices legal? Why or why not?
- What differentiated a “robber baron” from other “captains of industry” in late nineteenth-century America?
- What was one of the key goals for which striking workers fought in the late nineteenth century?
- health insurance
- disability pay
- an eight-hour workday
- women’s right to hold factory jobs
- Which of the following was not a key goal of the Knights of Labor?
- an end to convict labor
- a graduated income tax on personal wealth
- equal pay regardless of gender
- the creation of cooperative business enterprises
- What were the core differences in the methods and agendas of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?
- Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of a consumer culture in the United States at the close of the nineteenth century?
- personal credit
- advertising
- greater disposable income
- mail-order catalogs
- Briefly explain Roland Marchand’s argument in the Parable of the Democracy of Goods.
