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Businesses enjoyed rapid growth because of what key factor?
a) more modern transportation became available
b) fewer immigrants were working
c) more government regulation of business
d) higher costs in production of goods
Americans became aware of items to purchase through
a) advertisements.
b) low taxes.
c) suffrage.
d) high cost production.
Andrew Carnegie; Cornelius Vanderbilt; John D. Rockefeller; Which title best describes these three men?
a) Leaders of unions
b) Captains of industry
c) Inventors
d) Politicians
Which resulted from mechanization in farming?
a) the need for labor was reduced
b) production remained the same
c) production decreased
d) the need for labor increased
A rapidly growing industry -
a) caused people to move away from the crowded cities.
b) created a need for more labor in the city.
c) meant that rural areas had a lower tax base.
d) prevented people from immigrating to the United States.
As a result of industrialization, people living on the Great Plains were able to purchase consumer goods through
a) telegraph.
b) telephone.
c) mail order catalogs.
d) pony express.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the growth of industry?
a) access to raw materials
b) higher-cost production
c) inventions
d) financial resources
In an effort to protect the common worker
a) skilled groups were formed.
b) labor unions were created.
c) workers organized by cultural background.
d) reformists became unorganized.
In the late 19th century there was a movement to deny people the right to buy and drink alcohol. Which of the following is the correct term with regard to that effort?
a) Trustbusting
b) Temperance movement
c) Abolitionist front
d) Progressive movement
Women gained the right to vote with the passage of which amendment to the Constitution to the United States?
a) 13th
b) 15th
c) 18th
d) 19th
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