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12. Which is true of the development of western land, timber, gold, and oil? (Points : 3) All were abundant resources that lasted. All had been part of the Native American way of life. All were carefully regulated. All had a negative environmental impact. 13. What did John D. Rockefeller do to make Standard Oil a monopoly? (Points : 3) set up a trust bought stock options invested in banks kept discovering oil 14. Who developed the oil and steel industries in the United States? (Points : 3) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie J.P. Morgan and Nelson Rockefeller Robert Kraft and Gustav Swift Dale Carnegie and James Duke 15. What railroad industry practice influenced modern business practices? (Points : 3) forming corporate boards issuing stocks and bonds resisting standardization creating reasonable scheduling expectations 16. Which two innovations helped the railroads grow? (Points : 3) telegraph and telephone air brakes and steam power light bulb and hotel cars automatic lubricator and camera 17. Why were time zones and standardization of tracks important for railroads? (Points : 3) They forced railroad cars to be built according to certain standards. They offered greater efficiency in production, safety, and scheduling. They made it possible for towns to lay their own tracks. They reduced competition in the western part of the country. 18. Why were the reaper and the steel plow important for nineteenth-century agriculture? (Points : 3) They made harvests slower but less expensive. They made farming of new crops in the East possible. They allowed midwestern farmers to raise and maintain production. They reduced yields but cut labor costs. 19. Which inventor improved techniques for alternating current to bring electricity to the population at large? (Points : 3) Thomas Edison George Westinghouse Nikola Tesla James Watt 20. Who changed daily life in the United States by inventing a working light bulb? (Points : 3) George Westinghouse Nikola Tesla Thomas Edison George Eastman 21. Which were profitable industries in a poor southern economy following the Civil War? (Points : 3) cotton, tobacco, and steel cotton, iron, and mining corn, wheat, and cattle cattle, farm equipment, and oil 22. Which was a business practice employed by the titans of industry in the late 1800s? (Points : 3) increasing competition building monopolies developing international cartels encouraging unions 23. What agency was established to regulate rates that railroads charged across the nation? (Points : 3) National Review Board Interstate Commerce Commission Railroad Regulatory Bureau Farm Protection Bureau 24. What legislation was enacted to eliminate monopolies, trusts, or any agreement that restrained trade? (Points : 3) Rockefeller Monopoly Act Chase Trade Restraint Agreement Sherman Antitrust Act Vanderbilt Banking Regulation

Public Comments

1. Its not that you want help. Its that you want to cheat on an assignment which is a bad thing and is immoral for Yahoo Answers which should be against community guidelines. Luckily it isn't or you would be reported.
2. The answers to all of these questions comes down to a single number: 42
3. Hahahaha you must go to AZVA because I recognize those questions and those answers. Sooooo how did you do on the test?? I missed 7 questions.