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In the late 1800s, how were goods moved around the United States?
By boat
By horse-drawn carriage
By foot
By train
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__________ increased industrial efficiency.
Better educated laborers
Immigrants
Technical schools
Scientific management theory
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Why did business men want to hire child labor in unskilled positions?
Children required lower wages.
Children were small.
Children worked in horrible conditions.
All of the above
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__________ vapors from burning coal were not healthy to breathe in early steel mills.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Oxygen
Hydrogen
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Which of the following can be inferred?
Steel improved the railroad industry because track rails were lighter and easier to use for building.
Steel track rails were cheaper.
Steel track rails could be produced quickly.
all of the above
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It can be inferred that the telephone and trains made the U.S. seem smaller because
consumers could wear the latest fashions.
it shortened the distance between towns.
family members in different states could stay in touch.
the population grew.
Question 7 1 points Save
What occurs in a free market economic system?
The government tells businesses what to make.
The government controls price.
Businesses decide what to produce and how to price it.
Businesses control the price but not what to produce.
Question 8 1 points Save
Anyone could own a piece of a company by
buying stock.
purchasing shares.
reinvesting dividends.
all of the above
Question 9 1 points Save
Who developed a machine that allowed sound waves to travel across a wire as an electrical current?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Lewis Latimer
William Kelly
Question 10 1 points Save
When it was established, the Patent and Trademark Office was an entity of this federal government office.
Office of the President
Department of the Interior
Department of State
Department of Commerce
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