How was the title page of the last issue of the Lowell Offering ...

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Question 1

Why did the artist choose to portray the Southern Pacific Railroad's monopoly as an octopus?
 
  A) Its wealthy owners were captains of industry who supported the public.
  B) It had to be depicted as a multi-armed creature because it helped so many industries.
  C) It strangled its rivals in competing industries.
  D) It single-handedly destroyed the American maritime industry.

Question 2

Why was metropolitan industrialization more diverse than industrialization in mill towns?
 
  A) Factories employed both men and women.
  B) Factories were prone to strikes and labor unrest.
  C) Factories produced a wide variety of manufactured goods.
  D) Factories benefitted both workers and owners equally.

Question 3

Which group was the first to successfully curb the power of the railroad through passage of legislation that regulated prices and outlawed unfair business practices?
 
  A) Congress
  B) the Knights of Labor
  C) skilled workers in the American Federation of Labor
  D) farmers in the Grange movement

Question 4

How was the title page of the last issue of the Lowell Offering deceptive in the message it was sending to its readers?
 
  A) Mill women had few opportunities to educate themselves while working at Lowell.
  B) Mill work was demanding and overwhelming.
  C) The Lowell mills were located in an arid and bleak region of New England.
  D) Mill women earned less money than their female contemporaries in domestic service.

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Answer 1

C

Answer 2

C

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

B