Applied English for American History II
Fall 1999
Tokyo International University of
America
J. E. Seibert
Practice Quiz 2
October 4, 1999
Applied English for American History II
Fall 1999
Tokyo International University of
America
J. E. Seibert
Practice Quiz 2
October 4, 1999
Last name ___________________ First name _________________
Open book and open note:
1. Why does war increase industrial growth?
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2. How and why was class structure in the United States changed by industrialization after the end of the Civil War? Who were the members of each class? Who were the "white collar" workers and who were "blue collar" workers and how did these names come about?
3. Industries expanded quickly and wanted to dominate their competitors. They did this in two ways, vertically and horizontally. Explain each method and give an example of each.
4. What are two ways industries increased productivity?
5. Industrialization meant that markets for products had to be expanded. How did this happen?
6. Industrialization resulted in "modernization" of American society. What are at least three ways life changed for workers in the United States? Explain the source and result of each change.
7. How did industrialization result in increased urbanization in the United States?
8. Did the lives of all Americans improve at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century? Explain.
9. How did industrialization change how Americans thought and what they valued?
10. What were some of the reasons the mood in the United States was generally optimistic during this period?
11. What are some questions we can ask to help us understand American lives through material culture? What are some emotions and desires that advertising appealed to? (Both on page 62, 66, 100 and 101.)
12. How did advertising help to break down regional and urban/rural differences in the United States?
13. What are some of the things we can learn about middle class life in the United States from 1870 to 1917 from architecture and advertising?
14. What are some differences between Deepwood and the houses at the end of Chapter 3 in our text?
Closed book and closed notes:
1. The difference between an industrial economy and a manufacturing economy is that in an industrial economy everything is made by ____________________.
2. Lawyers, teachers, factory managers, bank employees, and ministers (and their families) were members of the growing _______________ class during and after industrialization.
3. Vertical integration by an expanding industry means controlling everything from bottom to top -- from the source of raw materials to the stores that sell the finished product. Another method involves buying out competitors and is called _____________________ integration.
4. Industry improved productivity primarily through the use of mechanization (technology) and use of ______________________ as workers.
5. The lives of many Americans improved during and after industrialization, but the lives of these workers, who made the improved standard of living possible for others, were often terrible: _______________________.
6. Advertising helped to break down _________________ differences and urban/________ differences.
7. Some emotions and desires that advertisements often appealed to during this time were: __________________, __________________ and ____________________.
8. Deepwood was built by a member of the wealthy class, while the houses in the back of Chapter 3 were built for families of the _________________ class.