Question 1
What was one drawback of Frederick Winslow Taylor's scientific management system used at Ford Motor Company to promote efficiency?
A) eliminating workers' independence and creativity
B) speeding up the production process
C) increasing the mechanization of factories
D) providing more autonomy for the factory laborer
Question 2
How did Pennsylvania embody Quaker ideals?
A) Quaker leaders banned customs followed by local Indians like the Leni-Lenape.
B) Quakers sought to forcibly convert the local Indian population to Christianity.
C) Quaker leaders restricted ownership of property to the wealthy elite.
D) Quakers lived in harmony with people from different faiths in a peaceable kingdom.
Question 3
How did innovations that Henry Ford developed or improved like the assembly line and standardized parts benefit the automobile industry?
A) A wide variety of cars in different styles and colors were produced by the Ford Motor
Company.
B) Workers were paid higher wages but worked longer hours so that they could afford to buy
cars.
C) More cars were produced for less money and then sold for cheaper rates.
D) Workers had greater opportunities to organize a union at Ford Motor Company.
Question 4
The anti-war political cartoon Young Texas in Repose more than likely influenced Henry David Thoreau's decision not to pay his poll tax and spend a night in jail because he __________.
A) refused to support a proslavery government waging a proslavery war with Mexico
B) perceived Texans to be ill-bred ruffians and murderers
C) had great disdain for Texans, who saw themselves as being better than other Americans
D) believed that Texas annexation would promote lawlessness in the United States