How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network?

They provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.

Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869?

The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific

All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except:

The Canadian Railroad

Which of the following was not an effect of transcontinental railroad lines?

The cost of the railroads resulted in an economic depression.

The Interstate Commerce Act achieved all of the following except:

Eliminated government supervision of the railroads

What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois?

It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.

Who of the following was known as the most versatile inventor of the Gilded Age?

Thomas Edison

What did a vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation accomplish?

It established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final consumer.

How did J. P. Morgan eliminate his banking competition?

By establishing interlocking directorates

To justify their economic domination of their industries, large trusts like Standard Oil and those of Swift and Armour claimed what?

Large-scale methods of production and distribution could provide superior products at low prices.

What was the basic belief of the Social Darwinists?

Survival of the fittest.

All of the following are true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act except:

It was very effective.

Who did southern textile mills generally employ?

Poor whites recently off the farms

What was one of the most difficult adjustments many formerly rural workers had to make to the industrial system?

The strict discipline and regimentation of time

Which group was most dramatically altered by the new industrial age?

Women

In its efforts on behalf of workers, the National Labor Union won which of the following?

An eight-hour day for government workers

Who is associated with the Haymarket Square riot?

The Knights of Labor

In contrast to the Knights of Labor, what did the American Federation of Labor advocate for?

Concentrating on improving wages and hours and avoiding general social reform