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How did people use a telegraph to communicate without speech?

A
with a series of bells of varying pitches
B
with words typed out on a typewriter
C
with Morse code
D
with overland mail carriages
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In the mid- to late 1800s, the US government granted land to railroad companies to expand their networks. What is another way that railroad companies used the land?

A
They mined the land for coal and other natural resources.
B
They sold some of the land to farmers and ranchers.
C
They built factories along the rail lines.
D
They created land preservations in order to protect the environment.
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How did the growth of the rail networks affect the meatpacking industry?

A
The meatpacking industry shrank because the demand for other natural resources increased.
B
The meatpacking industry grew because the cattle population increased.
C
The meatpacking industry grew because railroads were used to deliver large quantities of meat to processing plants in major cities.
D
The meatpacking industry shrank because there was no safe way to transport meat on rail cars.
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How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad affect companies that made products?

A
Companies could hire people who worked in different states.
B
Companies could build factories in the rural West.
C
Companies could expand into the South.
D
Companies could ship goods cheaply over long distances.
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What is a trust?

A
a large company or combined businesses that control a specific market
B
a large company that consists of two merged businesses
C
a business that buys another business
D
multiple businesses that combine and operate in one state
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How did John D. Rockefeller horizontally integrate his monopoly in 1882?

A
He created a trust that controlled ninety percent of the nation's oil refineries.
B
He created a trust that controlled oil wells, refineries, and distribution networks.
C
He purchased coal plants around the country to add to his business.
D
He purchased iron mines around the country to add to his business.
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Which of the following statements best describes environmental changes caused by westward railroad expansion?

A
Western forests were cut down for lumber for railroad and bridge construction.
B
Western factories were built in what had been wooded rural areas.
C
Changes occurred only in the Western plains, where animal populations decreased.
D
The railroad expansion caused no environmental changes in the West.
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Read the quotation from Theodore Rhodie, a former Pullman employee.“I do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the American Railway Union because when a man asks me to give up my principles, my rights as an American citizen, he might just as well ask for my life.”To which result of the Pullman strike is Theodore Rhodie referring?

A
the loss of money by the Pullman Company
B
the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs
C
the rehiring of workers who resigned from Debs’s union
D
the increase in anti-union court decisions
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The majority of immigrants and rural migrants who moved to American cities at the turn of the twentieth century became part of the

A
middle class.
B
working poor.
C
wealthy class.
D
working rich.
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Which statement describes an effect of urbanization?

A
Living conditions improved in city centers.
B
The middle class grew in cities.
C
Cities became less segregated.
D
The unemployment rate increased in cities.
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An action taken by employers or by the government against workers who wanted to organize was

A
collective bargaining
B
boycotts
C
union busting
D
arbitration
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During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate dramatically

A
decreased because of new legislation.
B
decreased because of a war in China.
C
increased because of a gold rush.
D
increased because of job opportunities.
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In the late 1800s, where did most European immigrants live in the United States?

A
on large farms
B
in large cities
C
just outside cities
D
in small towns

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