Which early nineteenth-century invention decreased the cost of transferring goods across long distances?
A) telegraph
B) railroad
C) corporation
D) strikebreakers
Answer: B
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In the eleventh century, reform minded popes tried to eradicate simony, which is best defined as?
a. the practice of priests marrying b. leaving church property to the sons of priests c. the practice of priests taking donations d. not knowing how to read Latin e. purchasing church offices, such as bishop
The new consumerism between 1922 and 1929 was fueled mostly by
A. installment plans. B. declining prices. C. the advent of department stores. D. modern advertising.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court
A) prohibited racial segregation in public universities. B) ruled the Smith Act unconstitutional. C) prohibited racial segregation in public schools. D) established the "separate but equal" principle of racial segregation.
Which of the following was an important factor in the growth of the consumer culture?
A) advertising in mass-circulation publications B) emergence of stocks and stockholders C) laying the transatlantic telegraph cable D) burgeoning service organizations E) changing agricultural practices