Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century Answers

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Which examples best describe the importance of entrepreneurship in a free-enterprise economy? Check all that apply.Erin is a mechanic who starts her own garage and creates jobs in her community.Georgette is a professor who invents a computer software program and sells it to a large corporation.Petra is a sculptor who opens a retail store to sell the work of artists in her community.Wes is a contractor who joins his friends in launching a new business that creates jobs.Corrine is a pharmacist who invents a product that leads her company to expand its workforce.Trey is a veterinarian who helps a national corporation expand its chain of pet hospitals.

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Erin is a mechanic who starts her own garage and creates jobs in her community.
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Georgette is a professor who invents a computer software program and sells it to a large corporation.
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Petra is a sculptor who opens a retail store to sell the work of artists in her community.
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Wes is a contractor who joins his friends in launching a new business that creates jobs.
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Corrine is a pharmacist who invents a product that leads her company to expand its workforce.
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Trey is a veterinarian who helps a national corporation expand its chain of pet hospitals.
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What did Alonzo Herndon and John Pemberton have in common during Georgia’s New South era?

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They were industrialists who started textile manufacturing plants.
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They were entrepreneurs who launched successful businesses.
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They were farmers who invented new crops to sell worldwide.
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They were politicians who promoted entrepreneurship.
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Which factors contributed to textile manufacturing becoming a major industry in Georgia by the 1900s? Check all that apply.Southern factories refused to employ child workers.The state convinced Northern businesses to invest in its factories.The state recruited educated workers from the North to run factories.Colleges opened trade schools to teach people new technologies.Factories produced more cotton textiles each year.

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Southern factories refused to employ child workers.
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The state convinced Northern businesses to invest in its factories.
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The state recruited educated workers from the North to run factories.
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Colleges opened trade schools to teach people new technologies.
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Factories produced more cotton textiles each year.
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The image shows teenagers working at a textile mill in Georgia. Which describes a negative impact of the textile industry’s growth?

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Advanced technology made it faster to produce quality textiles.
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A lack of child labor laws made it easier to produce textiles.
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Northern businesses stopped investing in dangerous Southern factories.
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Many children worked in factories under dangerous conditions.
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Many Georgians opposed the New South plan because they believed the ideas

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focused too heavily on growth in rural areas.
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failed to address the rights of African Americans.
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would hurt the state’s agriculture and farmers.
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would put the state’s economy at too much risk.
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Expositions in Atlanta in the late 1800s gave Georgians a chance to

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promote their sharecropping system to Northern states.
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show the Northern states why segregation was necessary.
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encourage outside investment in Southern industries.
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export their belief in the lack of voting rights for women.
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Which example best describes an entrepreneur?

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Christina uses her own money to start a chain of children’s bookstores.
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Robert is appointed CEO of the company he has worked at for 30 years.
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Tamara inherits ownership of her family’s construction company.
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Stephen lands a job as economic development director for Georgia.
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What did John Pemberton invent in 1886 that he said would improve people’s lives?

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a new penicillin
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a highway system
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a new treadmill
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a soft drink

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