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American Pageant 16th Edition By David M. Kennedy

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Chapter_24_Industry_Comes_of_Age_1865_1900 (1)

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

84. The first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business combinations was the

  a. Federal Trade Commission.
  b. Interstate Commerce Commission.
  c. Consumer Affairs Commission.
  d. Federal Anti-Trust Commission.
  e. Federal Communications Commission.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Government Bridles the Iron Horse

 

85. Among the countries that provided the largest amounts of foreign capital investment in American industry were

  a. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
  b. Italy, Spain, and Greece.
  c. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
  d. Britain, France, and the Netherlands.
  e. Canada and Mexico.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

 

86. When Europeans owned or invested in private companies in the United States, they generally

  a. appointed European managers to key positions in the company.
  b. let Americans manage the business unless there was an economic crisis.
  c. made American banks issue regular reports on the profitability of their companies.
  d. steered most of the profits back into European investments.
  e. insisted that the companies hire a portion of immigrants from the nation owning the company.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

 

87. The single largest source of a critical raw material that fueled early American industrialization was the

  a. copper mines of Montana and Arizona.
  b. oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas.
  c. lead mines of Wisconsin.
  d. coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska.
  e. Mesabi iron range of Minnesota.

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

 

88. Which of the following was not among the critical U.S. raw materials, delivered by railroads to factories, that fueled early American industrialization?

  a. Rubber
  b. Iron
  c. Coal
  d. Copper
  e. Oil

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

 

89. The vast, integrated, continental U.S. market greatly enhanced the American inclination toward

  a. reducing imports of manufactured goods from abroad.
  b. specialized goods produced by skilled labor.
  c. government certification and regulation of consumer products.
  d. mass manufacturing of standardized industrial products.
  e. importing raw materials from overseas.

 

ANSWER:   d
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

 

90. The American system of mass manufacture of standardized, interchangeable parts provided strong incentives for U.S. capitalists to

  a. lay off tens of thousands of American workers from factories.
  b. hire American workers rather than foreign immigrants.
  c. replace skilled labor with machinery.
  d. build extremely large factories in dedicated industrial districts.
  e. pay higher wages to retain a steady workforce.

 

ANSWER:   c
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Miracles of Mechanization

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