How did Thomas Edison’s work change American life in the late 1800s?
all of these answers are correct
factories installed lighting systems that would allow them to work around the clock
electricity was available for home use
factories began to experiment with using electric power to run their machinery
Question 3
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Which of the following was characteristic of Mark Twain’s novels?
yellow journalism
fake news
yellow press
local color
Question 4
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Where were ads displayed in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
newspapers
rocks
all of these answers are correct
billboards
Question 5
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Who put together the first modern, mass-circulation newspaper?
Kate Chopin
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Question 6
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What did the Sherman Antitrust Act try to prevent?
limited liability corporations
general partnerships
sole proprietorships
monopolies
Question 7
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What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act?
to make sure the railroads were not cheating the people
all of these answers are correct
to break up railroad corporations into smaller parts
to regulate the size of the railroad corporations
Question 8
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The first underwater telegraph line was laid from New York to ________ and completed in 1858.
Kansas
Buffalo
California
Europe
Question 9
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In which type of market structure do a few large companies control the prices of the entire industry?
oligopoly
sole ownership
limited liability corporation
monopoly
Question 10
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The mail-order industry was given a great boost when the United States Post Office began ________ in 1896.
rural free delivery
catalogs
magazines with photos
priority mail
Question 11
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1
Which invention greatly increased the safety and speed of train travel?
air brake
berth
Pullman car
dining car
Question 12
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The 1900 census reported that almost ________ children under the age of 15 were working in factories throughout the United States.
22,000
2 million
800,000
12 million
Question 13
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In 1873 ________ entered the steel business, and by 1899, his company manufactured more steel than all of the factories in Great Britain.
Gustavus Swift
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
Question 14
Multiple Choice Question
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Which business practice involves buying all of one’s competition?
vertical integration
fair trade
horizontal consolidation
parallel processing
Question 15
Multiple Choice Question
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Who was an African American inventor who invented a lubricating cup that when filled with oil would continue to automatically lubricate moving machine parts for hours?
Gustavus Swift
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Elijah McCoy
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