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by Jacqueline A. Jones, Peter H. Wood
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Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in Technology, Business and Culture, 1877
to 1890
Challenges to Government and Corporate Power, 1877 to 1890
Political and Cultural Conflict in a Decade of Depression and War: The 1890s
Visions of the Modern Nation: The Progressive Era, 1900 to 1912
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War and Revolution, 1912 to 1920
All That Jazz: The 1920s
Hardship and Hope: The Great Depression of the 1930s
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Global Conflict: World War II, 1937 to 1945
Cold War and Hot War, 1945 to 1953
Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953 to 1963
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The Nation Divides: The Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964 to 1971
Reconsidering National Priorities, 1972 to 1979
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The Cold War Returns and Ends, 1979 to 1991
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Post-Cold War America, 1991 to 2000
A Global Nation in the New Millennium
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Chapter 16 Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in Technology, Business, and Culture,
1877–1890
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) The industry produced America’s first business bureaucracies.
A) railroad
B) steel
C) coal mining
D) textile
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Answer: A
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1 The New Shape of Business
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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2) What was the principle goal of advocates of standardized industrial processes and mass
marketing?
A) to promote diversity
B) to enliven American society and culture
C) to improve the lives of workers
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D) to create an integrated national economy
Answer: D
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
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who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1 The New Shape of Business
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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Skill Level: Analyze It
3) The system of manufacturing relied on the mass production of interchangeable
parts.
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A) Lowell
B) Auburn
C) American
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D) Bessemer
Answer: C
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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4) Who invented the telephone?
A) Bell
B) Edison
C) Singer
D) Matzeliger
Answer: A
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
5) The process revolutionized the production of steel.
A) Vanderbilt
B) Carnegie
C) Bessemer
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D) Slater
Answer: C
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6) Created in 1879, the took on a task originated in 1804 with the Lewis and
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Clark expedition.
A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) Bureau of Land Management
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C) Army Corps of Engineers
D) U.S. Geological Survey
Answer: D
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Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
7) What was the main advantage of the American system of manufacture?
A) It made it possible to customize manufactured products.
B) It improved the quality of manufactured products.
C) It allowed manufacturers to take better advantage of skilled workers.
D) It made it possible to assemble products more cheaply and efficiently.
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Created Equal: A History of the United States, Volume 2, 5th
edition
by Jacqueline A. Jones, Peter H. Wood
TU
TO
R
G
U
R
U
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in Technology, Business and Culture, 1877
to 1890
Challenges to Government and Corporate Power, 1877 to 1890
Political and Cultural Conflict in a Decade of Depression and War: The 1890s
Visions of the Modern Nation: The Progressive Era, 1900 to 1912
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War and Revolution, 1912 to 1920
All That Jazz: The 1920s
Hardship and Hope: The Great Depression of the 1930s
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Global Conflict: World War II, 1937 to 1945
Cold War and Hot War, 1945 to 1953
Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953 to 1963
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The Nation Divides: The Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964 to 1971
Reconsidering National Priorities, 1972 to 1979
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The Cold War Returns and Ends, 1979 to 1991
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Post-Cold War America, 1991 to 2000
A Global Nation in the New Millennium
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Chapter 16 Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in Technology, Business, and Culture,
1877–1890
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) The industry produced America’s first business bureaucracies.
A) railroad
B) steel
C) coal mining
D) textile
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Answer: A
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1 The New Shape of Business
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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2) What was the principle goal of advocates of standardized industrial processes and mass
marketing?
A) to promote diversity
B) to enliven American society and culture
C) to improve the lives of workers
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D) to create an integrated national economy
Answer: D
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
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who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1 The New Shape of Business
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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Skill Level: Analyze It
3) The system of manufacturing relied on the mass production of interchangeable
parts.
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A) Lowell
B) Auburn
C) American
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D) Bessemer
Answer: C
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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4) Who invented the telephone?
A) Bell
B) Edison
C) Singer
D) Matzeliger
Answer: A
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
5) The process revolutionized the production of steel.
A) Vanderbilt
B) Carnegie
C) Bessemer
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D) Slater
Answer: C
Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6) Created in 1879, the took on a task originated in 1804 with the Lewis and
G
Clark expedition.
A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) Bureau of Land Management
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C) Army Corps of Engineers
D) U.S. Geological Survey
Answer: D
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Learning Objective: What were the challenges faced by large business owners and managers
who sought to mass produce and mass market their goods?
Topic: 16.1.1 New Systems and Machines—and Their Price
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
7) What was the main advantage of the American system of manufacture?
A) It made it possible to customize manufactured products.
B) It improved the quality of manufactured products.
C) It allowed manufacturers to take better advantage of skilled workers.
D) It made it possible to assemble products more cheaply and efficiently.
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