Week 2 Test Answers

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Who was sentenced to jail in 1894 for helping to impede US mail delivery?

A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Robert Owen
C
Karl Marx
D
Eugene Debs
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Which of these terms best describes Karl Marx?

A
capitalist, revolutionary, and economist
B
revolutionary, economist, and socialist
C
socialist, economist, and politician
D
politician, capitalist, and socialist
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Which of the following was a primary goal of Eugene Debs’ presidential campaigns?

A
advancing the rights of workers
B
reducing regulations on businesses
C
highlighting struggles faced by farmers
D
making union organization more difficult
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During the late 1800s, the majority of unskilled workers in urban areas lived in

A
mansions near the city.
B
comfortable apartment buildings in the city.
C
city tenements.
D
houses in suburbs of the city.
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Which of these industries was made possible by Thomas Edison’s ideas and inventions?

A
the automobile industry
B
the communications industry
C
the mass transit industry
D
the movie industry

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