American Yawp Chapter 16 questions with complete solutions

Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business? - correct answer ---management What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers? - correct answer ---The adoption of interchangeable parts By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more than __________. - correct answer ---All of the above, combined (a. Britain b. France c. Germany) A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion dollar American corporation. What was that corporation? - correct answer ---United States Steel By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nation's wealth. - correct answer ---90% Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism? - correct answer ---State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor? - correct answer ---Haymarket Affair Which of the following groups was the most radical? - correct answer ---Knights of Labor The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts - correct answer ---20,000 Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)? - correct answer ---Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform? - correct answer ---Nationalizing the country's railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential services would be run in the best interests of the people Why were southerners unable to maintain unity in the People's Party? - correct answer ---Racial Conflict Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the Gold Standard? - correct answer ---He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of farmers debts Which of the following factors contributed to William McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election? - correct answer ---McKinley was able to spend five times more than Bryan on the campaign The Socialist Party of America achieved which of the following gains in the early twentieth century? - correct answer ---All of the above. (A. Elected over 1,000 candidates to American political offices B. Gained over 150,000 registered members C. Garnered nearly one million votes for Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs in 1912)