HIUS 360 Quiz Expansion

HIUS 360 Quiz Expansion of a Consumer Culture

Covers the Learn material from Module 3: Week 3.

1. Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel called ____________ stirred Americans to demand government quality control for food and drugs, resulting in the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
2. John D. Rockefeller devised a new form of corporate organization called a ________, whereby the former owners of a business (typically, smaller business acquired by larger forms) received certificates in exchange for the shares of stock in their own companies.
3. Unlike the movie version, the ruby red slippers worn by Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were actually silver. While Dorothy and her companions travel the “yellow brick road,” the image of Dorothy’s silver shoes landing on gold bricks paints a clear portrait of the Populist goal of
4. A product of widespread fear that railroads wielded monopolistic power, the federal government was petitioned regularly in the 1870s for national regulation and control of railroads. So-called “_____________” were enacted in several mid- west states as a result, reflecting the concern over rate discrimination.
5. One trick to measuring the standard of living in America is by looking at the historical consumption of
6. Resources devoted to _________________ doubled between 1860 and 1900, serving as a means of socializing immigrants for the purposes of patriotism while introducing some of them to the structured organization settings found in factories.
7. served as the basis for the classic story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a remarkable tale on several levels, written by L. Frank Baum, a remarkable businessman.
8. The populist “_____________” movement of the 1890’s was in reaction to the passage and eventual repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which for a period allowed the government to purchase and mint silver at a premium price with the hope of producing more money and the inflation desired by farmers.
9. Running on a gold standard as his primary platform plank, the election of _________________ against William Jennings Bryan in 1896 destroyed the Populists as a political movement.
10. When did the American economy fully recovered from the Civil War?
11. Sears, Roebuck, and Kroger all helped to create _____________.

Set 2

1. John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company organized itself _______________, acquiring supplies of crude oil form Standard-owned fields, building its own tanker fleets, constructing pipeline, and then, integrating forward, establishing systems of licensed dealers and even overseas subsidiaries.
2. The Civil War greatly benefitted the American economy.
3. The Emerald City depicted in The Wonderful Wizard of Ozis ostensibly represents ________________.
4. Brand name goods emerged in the late 1800s because automation and emerging technologies were able to produce products ___________________.
5. Unlike the movie version, the ruby red slippers worn by Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwere actually silver. While Dorothy and her companions travel the “yellow brick road,” the image of Dorothy’s silver shoes landing on gold bricks paints a clear portrait of the Populist goal of _______________.
6. One trick to measuring the standard of living in America is by looking at the historical consumption of ________.
7. Pouncing on the unease and discontent among the “working masses,” intellectual critics of capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century such as Henry George, Henry Lloyd, and Edward Bellamy utilized a new style of journalism known as ________________.
8. In the late 1880s big business began to take on the image of “robber barons” due in part to instances of mercantilist era monopoly power acquired through _______________________.
9. At the turn of the twentieth century, industry giants in oil, railroads, manufacturing, and banking left their empires to heir’s who almost always maintained the success of that had previously been achieved.
10. The best entrepreneurs are those that can ____________.
11. When did the American economy fully recovered from the Civil War?