Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 18

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 18

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1. Why, according to Marshall Kirkman, was "insubordination among railway men as great an offense as insubordination in an army"? (See Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. According to Kirkman, "insubordination among railway men [was] as great an offense as insubordination in an army" because the railroad was so large and complex an organization that it required strict obedience.

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2. According to William Graham Sumner, on what was modern society based? (See Document 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Sumner argued that old societies were built on status and bonds, whereas society in the modern United States was built on contractual relations.

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3. What did Henry Demarest Lloyd think cities, factories, and monopolies had in common? (See Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Lloyd thought that "cities, factories, monopolies, fortunes, which are our empires, are the obesities of an age gluttonous beyond its powers of digestion."

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4. How did Andrew Carnegie explain the growing inequalities of wealth in modern American society? (See Document 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Carnegie considered the inequality of wealth an inevitable byproduct of civilization.

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5. According to Henry George, who was primarily responsible for the crime of poverty? (See Document 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. George argued that poverty "is a crime for which society is responsible and for which society must suffer."

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6. On which of the following points would Henry Demarest Lloyd and Andrew Carnegie most likely disagree? (See Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies and Document 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth)

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Lloyd compared the United States to imperial Rome and described monopoly as "business at the end of its journey." Carnegie believed the concentration of wealth was a good thing and not something that could contribute to the demise of American society.

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7. To what did both Henry Demarest Lloyd and Henry George compare the injustice of industrial capitalism of their time? (See Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies and Document 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime

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Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Both Lloyd and George invoked the horrors of slavery in their critique of industrial capitalism and business monopoly.