The invention of ____ was a key factor in the demise of the long drive
a. the "combine"
b. electric cattle prods
c. the refrigerated rail car
d. barbed wire
e. mechanized meatpacking
d
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What modernizing step was taken by Tsar Alexander III?
A) rapid industrialization B) abolition of press censorship C) increased civil rights for minorities D) encouragement of domestic factories E) streamlining government bureaucracy
The Qing signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689 with
a. Japan. b. Russia. c. Britain. d. Tibet. e. Korea.
Jackson finally destroyed the national bank by
A. withdrawing federal funds from it. B. removing federal funds from it and depositing them in selected state banks instead. C. refusing to accept paper money. D. precipitating a depression in 1833.
Which of the following characterized labor unions in late nineteenth-century America?
a) They had an antagonistic relationship with the government. b) They were controlled by the international workers’ movement. c) They established a political party that represented workers. d) They all welcomed immigrants regardless of race or gender.