Author Question: The central belief behind laissez-faire philosophy in the relationship between government and ... (Read 37 times)

Mr3Hunna · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Nathaniel Currier's Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington, a colored lithograph that was cheaper to print than a traditional engraving, became a bestseller with the American public because it __________.

A) celebrated technological triumph
B) displayed the nation's wealth and ingenuity
C) commemorated a patriotic event
D) exploited and sensationalized disaster

Question 2

How did Jan Matzeliger's complex lasting machine permanently change the shoe production industry?

A) Skilled shoe laborers received significant wage increases.
B) Skilled laborers instead of unskilled workers were now needed to produce shoes.
C) Skilled shoe laborers were replaced with unskilled laborers.
D) Shoe production became more expensive since the upper portions of shoes had to be attached
to the soles by hand.

Question 3

The Biblical quote What hath God Wrought? was made by Samuel Morse in 1844 when referencing the creation of the __________.

A) telegraph
B) steamboat
C) Erie Canal
D) railroad

Question 4

The central belief behind laissez-faire philosophy in the relationship between government and business is that __________.

A) government should provide generous financial support to bolster business
B) government should impose no restraints on business
C) business should share its profits with the government
D) business should receive profits generated from high federal tariffs