History Quiz

Question 1 0 out of 1 points 1. In which year did the United States become the world’s greatest industrial power? Selected Answer:
a. 1890
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d. 1910 Question 2 0 out of 1 points 2. One of the leading innovators in the production and marketing of goods at the turn of the century was Selected Answer:
a. Henry George.
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b. James Duke. Question 3 1 out of 1 points 3. In 1901, J. P. Morgan handled the huge industrial merger that formed the Selected Answer:
e. U.S. Steel Corporation.
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e. U.S. Steel Corporation. Question 4 1 out of 1 points 4. The idea of scientific management is most closely associated with Selected Answer:
b. Frederick Taylor.
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b. Frederick Taylor. Question 5 1 out of 1 points 5. The first assembly line was introduced in the Selected Answer:
b. automobile industry.
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b. automobile industry. Question 6 0 out of 1 points 6. For the most part, workers _______________ the assembly line, no matter what the industry. Selected Answer:
a. favored
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c. hated Question 7 1 out of 1 points 7. The author of The Passing of the Great Race, which argued that America should rid itself of inferior races, was Selected Answer:
c. Madison Grant.
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c. Madison Grant. Question 8 1 out of 1 points 8. Most immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1914 came from Selected Answer:
b. eastern and southern Europe.
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b. eastern and southern Europe. Question 9 1 out of 1 points 9. For the most part, native-born Americans viewed the “new immigrants” as Selected Answer:
e.