Most consolidation in the late nineteenth-century American railroad industry came from
A) eliminating competitors.
B) government regulation.
C) "pools" that divided traffic and raised rates.
D) voluntary cooperation within the railroad industry.
A
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During the great coal strike of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt
a. played no role at all in settling the dispute. b. sympathized completely with the company owners. c. turned his attention to the Pure Food and Drug Act instead. d. brought the two sides to the White House to come to an agreement.
The Great Awakening tended to emphasize
A) an emotional and revivalistic style of religion. B) human reason and scientific observation as the key to truth. C) preaching to those who were already church members. D) the basic goodness and sinlessness of human nature.
What ushered in a more cautious era of labor organizing after 1955?
A) company owners being able to maintain control over management decisions after settlement of the 1946 strikes B) the requirement of union officers to sign affidavits certifying they were not members of the Communist Party C) the abolishment of the closed shop that required all workers to be in a union D) the merger of the Congress of Industrial Organizations with the American Federation of Labor
Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, the newly-established Farm Board helped American farmers by __________
A) buying and storing surplus crops during gluts in order to lower crop prices B) assisting them with funds needed to transport crops by railroad C) providing access to credit to expand crop production D) setting high prices on corn and wheat so that farmers could earn higher profits