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Industrialization and the Gilded Age — Test Answers

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Why did the development of time zones make train schedules more reliable?

Time zones set the entire country to the same time.

Time zones measured time locally instead of country-wide.

Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed.

Time zones made sure that each state was in only one zone.

Which of these men created a monopoly in the oil industry?

J. P. Morgan

John D. Rockefeller

Henry Ford

Andrew Carnegie

In which of these situations would the government have been most likely to become involved in union protests?

a union formed against a company’s will

a successful strike

a violent or destructive protest

a request by management

How did elevated trains and subways improve urban transportation?

by making the automobile unnecessary

by transporting commuters without crowding city streets

by using horses and carriages to commute

by delivering fresh food to people in cities

An example of a pull factor would be

oppression.

war.

famine.

safety.

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