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Pageant Chapter 22 January 2023

Authored by Craig Poppema

History

12th Grade

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Pageant Chapter 22 January 2023
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Much of the investment funds that enabled America to industrialize in the late 19th century came from

surplus wealth generated by agriculture.

the state governments.

private foreign investors.

individual American's savings.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late 19th century by providing railroad corporations with

cash grants from new taxes

land grants and loans

cash grants from higher taxes

reduced prices for iron and steel

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living by shipping their goods across the nation.

enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities.

united the nation into a single integrated national market.

developed a skilled industrial workforce.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The US changed to standardized time zones when

Congress passed a law establishing this system.

the major rail lines decreed common fixed times so they could keep schedules and avoid wrecks.

factories demanded standard time schedules.

long-distance telephones required standard time coordination.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The two industries that the transcontinental railroads most significantly expanded were

textiles and fishing.

mining and agriculture.

banking and finance.

shipping and fishing.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following were important factors in post-Civil War industrialization expansion except

a large pool of unskilled labor.

a political climate favoring business.

American ingenuity and inventiveness.

immigration restrictions.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Federal Trade Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission.

Consumer Affairs Commission.

Federal Anti-Trade Commission.

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