13 // question: 1817 name: "Granger Laws" ::"Granger Laws"::"Granger Laws"{ ~helped destroy the Patrons of Husbandry.#Incorrect =established state railroad commissions to determine fair transportation rates and warehouse charges.#Correct ~never actually went into effect until the twentieth century.#Incorrect ~regulated farm cooperatives and land banks.#Incorrect ~led to the creation of the Populist party.#Incorrect } // question: 1848 name: During the Gilded Age, railroad pricing practices meant that ::During the Gilded Age, railroad pricing practices meant that::During the Gilded Age, railroad pricing practices meant that{ =farmers were forced to pay higher prices.#Correct ~Standard Oil paid the highest prices.#Incorrect ~prices were highest in urban areas.#Incorrect ~no railroads were built into farm areas.#Incorrect ~prices were fair for everyone.#Incorrect } // question: 1822 name: During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act ::During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act::During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act{ ~successfully dissolved the ten largest corporations in the United States.#Incorrect ~was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.#Incorrect ~was never used at all.#Incorrect =was used by big business to break up unions and strikes.#Correct ~failed to pass either house of congress.#Incorrect } // question: 1840 name: In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was ::In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was::In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was{ ~just entering the industrial revolution phase of development.#Incorrect ~less productive than the three major powers.#Incorrect =the world leader in manufacturing output.#Correct ~still basically an agricultural society.#Incorrect ~unable to compete because of high labor costs.#Incorrect } // question: 1819 name: In the late nineteenth century, the railroads ::In the late nineteenth century, the railroads::In the late nineteenth century, the railroads{ ~employed more workers than any other industry.#Incorrect ~established the four standard time zones still used in the United States today.#Incorrect ~were the major means of transporting people and products across the country.#Incorrect ~employed unfair pricing practices.#Incorrect =all of the above.#Correct } // question: 1831 name: Knights of Labor idealistically envisioned a future in which ::Knights of Labor idealistically envisioned a future in which::Knights of Labor idealistically envisioned a future in which{ ~workers would retire at the age of 60.#Incorrect ~women would get equal pay for equal work.#Incorrect ~most industrial workers would buy land and return to the farm.#Incorrect ~all workers would belong to craft unions.#Incorrect =workers' cooperatives would own and manage the means of production.#Correct } // question: 1837 name: The Farmers' Alliance advocated ::The Farmers' Alliance advocated::The Farmers' Alliance advocated{ ~importation of Asians to provide cheap farm labor.#Incorrect =cooperatives to eliminate middlemen and to maximize farmers' profits.#Correct ~federal production and price controls.#Incorrect ~limitations on the number of women and children employed as farm workers.#Incorrect ~re-establishing slavery.#Incorrect } // question: 1836 name: The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported ::The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported::The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported{ ~a sound money policy to strengthen the dollar on the international market.#Incorrect ~the complete reorganization of the U.S. banking system.#Incorrect ~a free enterprise approach to establishing interest rates.#Incorrect =increasing the amount of currency in circulation.#Correct ~overthrowing the U.S. government.#Incorrect } // question: 1814 name: The issue that caused the Populist Party to be absorbed by the Democratic Party was ::The issue that caused the Populist Party to be absorbed by the Democratic Party was::The issue that caused the Populist Party to be absorbed by the Democratic Party was{ ~income tax.#Incorrect =the coinage of silver.#Correct ~government control of railroads.#Incorrect ~direct election of senators.#Incorrect ~women's suffrage.#Incorrect } // question: 1839 name: The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because ::The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because::The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because{ =President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike.#Correct ~the U.S. attorney general used a federal injunction against the railroads.#Incorrect ~the Pullman Company compromised with the unions in order to prevent violence.#Incorrect ~the strike leaders were honored in the national capitol.#Incorrect ~all of the above#Incorrect } // question: 1811 name: The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the ::The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the::The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the{ ~assassination of Henry Frick.#Incorrect ~federal government's criticism of Andrew Carnegie.#Incorrect =armed resistance by striking steel workers.#Correct ~intercession by the president on behalf of the strikers.#Incorrect ~arrest of Eugene Debs.#Incorrect } // question: 1842 name: The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for ::The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for::The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided ideological support for{ ~social inequality.#Incorrect ~capitalism.#Incorrect ~the gap between the rich and poor.#Incorrect ~wage labor.#Incorrect =all of the above.#Correct } // question: 1809 name: Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest? ::Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?::Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?{ ~Congress of Industrial Organizations#Incorrect ~National Labor Union#Incorrect ~Industrial Workers of the World#Incorrect ~American Federation of Labor#Incorrect =Knights of Labor#Correct }