What role did the federal government play in American industrialization in the decades following the Civil War?
a. The federal government gave manufacturers money, land, and other resources.
b. The federal government largely ignored industrialization.
c. The federal government sided with unions against manufacturers.
d. The federal government made a concerted effort to slow down the process of industrialization.
a. The federal government gave manufacturers money, land, and other resources.
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A) were prepared to take immediate action to remedy his circumstances. B) would support a public housing bill. C) clearly understood and sympathized with his problems. D) had little understanding of the world in which he lived.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which one of the following did author Frank Norris refer to as "the leviathan...the soulless Force, the iron-hearted Power, the Master, the Colossus, the Octopus" (1901)?
A) electricity B) Standard Oil Trust C) railroad D) Corliss engine
Parliament's intent in passing the Coercive Acts was to
a. do away with the right of a trial by jury in the American colonies. b. punish Boston and the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. c. dissolve self-government in the British colonies in North America. d. make the Catholic Church the established church in the American colonies.