Industrialism

1 Which of the following statements about the period 1860 to 1900 is not true? U.S. textile and iron production tapered off Boom-bust cycles produced two major depressions Manufacturing output soared The number of persons in manufacturing quadrupled Immigration was on the rise 2 The use of machines in industry in the second half of the nineteenth century required a better educated work force allowed traditional craftsmen and artisans to maintain their dominance over production dramatically raised the price of goods made it possible for manufacturers to hire cheap unskilled or semiskilled labor made it possible for manufactureres to eliminate human labor power altogether 3 Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent? the sewing machine refrigerated rail cars the phonograph, the microphone, and the motion-picture camera a process for making steel all of the above 4 The invention of the sewing machine affected women by giving them a wider range of cheap, mass-produced clothing relieving them of the tedium of sewing the family apparel by hand relieving them of the tedium of sewing the family apparel by hand encouraging business to employ them for long hours at low wages in sweatshops all of the above none of the above 5 Approximately how was wealth distributed in America in 1890? Ten percent of American families owned 73 percent of the nation's wealth Fifty percent of American families--a large middle class--owned 73 percent of the nation's wealth wealth was so evenly distributed that the U.S., unlike European countries, was in all respects a classless society farmers and workers owned most of the means of production none of the above