Who profited most from Western mining booms?
A) saloon owners
B) the initial prospectors
C) boomtown construction workers
D) wage-earning miners
E) corporate mining operations
E
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In 1528 Estévan and his Spanish master arrived in Florida, near what is present day:
A) Miami. B) Fort Lauderdale. C) Gainsville. D) Tampa Bay.
The Tea Act of 1773
A. followed a few years of relative calm with occasional acts of rebellion. B. was intended to benefit a private British company. C. lowered the price of tea for American colonists. D. provided no new tax on tea. E. All these answers are correct.
Hinton Rowan Helper depicted the southern economy as __________
a) headed towards crisis as the cotton market stalled b) booming following more efficient cotton production c) shifting toward crops other than cotton d) moving toward industrial products and wage labor
Henry Ford is often described as the inventor of the assembly line. In what way is this an inaccurate description?
A) The assembly line was invented and used in the mill clothing industry of the early nineteenth century. B) Ford did not invent the assembly line; he improved the meatpacking industry's use of it. C) Because human workers were part of each aspect of the production of a car, it was not really an assembly line. D) Because machines were part of each aspect of the production of a car, it was not really an assembly line. E) Although Ford increased automation of production, the assembly line was not really invented until after his death.