Before the 1830s, American corporations could be chartered only ...

[evelyn o bentley]

Question 1

Which of the following contributed to the great industrial advances of the mid-nineteenth century?
 
  A. the factory system.
 
  B. American inventors.
 
  C. the manufacturing of machine tools.
 
  D. All of these answers are correct.
 
  E. financing by affluent Northeast merchants.

Question 2

By 1860, the energy for industrialization in the United States increasingly came from
 
  A. gasoline.
 
  B. wood.
 
  C. kerosene.
 
  D. coal.
 
  E. water.

Question 3

Before 1860, the development of machine tools by the United States government resulted in the
 
  A. None of these answers is correct.
 
  B. turret lathe.
 
  C. turret lathe, universal milling machine, and precision grinder.
 
  D. precision grinder.
 
  E. universal milling machine.

Question 4

In the 1820s and 1830s, the labor force for factory work in the United States
 
  A. was reduced by dramatic improvements in agricultural production.
 
  B. consisted mostly of European immigrants.
 
  C. None of these answers is correct.
 
  D. saw many skilled urban artisans move into factory jobs.
 
  E. consisted mostly of European immigrants; saw many skilled urban artisans move into factory jobs; and ultimately was reduced by dramatic improvements in agricultural production.

Question 5

By 1860, factories in the United States
 
  A. were concentrated in the Northeast.
 
  B. were concentrated in the Northeast and employed one-third of the nation's manufacturing labor force.
 
  C. produced goods whose total value greatly exceeded the nation's agricultural output.
 
  D. employed one-third of the nation's manufacturing labor force.
 
  E. None of these answers is correct.

Question 6

Before the 1830s, American corporations could be chartered only by
 
  A. a public vote.
 
  B. state legislatures.
 
  C. a state governor.
 
  D. presidential executive order.
 
  E. an act of Congress.

[ankilker]

Answer 1

D

Answer 2

D

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

C

Answer 5

A

Answer 6

B

[evelyn o bentley]

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[bimper21]

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