The Indianapolis Sentinel's 1883 remarks that "Railroad time…appears…to be the time of the future. And so, people will now have to marry and die by railroad time…The sun is no longer the boss of the job," was the result of __________
A) selling railroad stock to raise capital to expand that business
B) the railroad's advantage of using speed to transport people and goods at faster rates
C) the railroad's development of modern, sophisticated management practices
D) standardized rail equipment that allowed easier operation of this industry
C
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The rail network in the South was designed to link plantation regions to __________.
a) port cities b) the countryside c) western territories d) New England
After “Redemption,” the Republican Party of Texas __________
A. remained a strong, unified rival to the Democrats B. controlled the state senate during the 1880s and early 1890s C. did not elect its candidate as governor again until 1900 D. declined in strength and was plagued by internal conflicts
The cotton plant apparently originated
a. along the Malabar coast. b. in the Indus River valley. c. on the Deccan Plateau. d. along the Ganges River. e. on the island of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka.
The Rocky Mountain school of painting
A. emphasized the primitive art of Indians and other indigenous peoples. B. helped inspire the growth of tourism in the West. C. marked a sharp departure from the artistic style of the Hudson River Valley painters. D. first gained popular acceptance in the early twentieth century. E. was a significant influence on the abstract art that would soon flourish in Europe.