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Which invention allowed the greatest personal freedom of travel?

the horse-drawn trolley

the automobile

the elevated train

the transcontinental railroad

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What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age?

Railroads provided transportation for products to markets in rural areas of the South.

Railroads provided cheap and fast transportation for both raw materials and products.

Railroads provided fast transportation of raw materials to ports for overseas shipments.

Railroads provided expensive but fast transportation of raw materials and products.

In the system of mass production, unskilled workers

were hired to tend to machines and were paid more than skilled workers.

were hired to help skilled workers and were paid more than skilled workers.

were hired to tend to machines and were paid less than skilled workers.

were hired to assist skilled workers and were paid the same as skilled workers.

Which of the following characterizes child labor in the 1800s?

Children who worked hard had the opportunity to get promoted.

Children performed physical labor after school each day.

Children performed physical labor for long hours each day.

Children had the opportunity to learn trade skills at work.

Which statement demonstrates a correct comparison between Marxism and socialism, and democracy and capitalism?

Marxism and socialism never received any support in the United States, unlike democracy and capitalism.

Marxism and socialism were as equally respected as democracy and capitalism in the United States.

Marxism and socialism called for public control of production, while democracy and capitalism called for private control of production.

Marxism and capitalism supported free market forces, while democracy and capitalism favored government control.

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