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Question 1

The United Fruit Company was to vertical integration as this company was to horizontal combination.
 
  A) U.S. Steel
  B) Sears, Roebuck and Company
  C) Standard Oil
  D) American Tobacco

Question 2

New machinery such as the mechanical cigarette maker:
 
  A) allowed greater production with fewer workers.
  B) was often too expensive to justify the investment.
  C) shortened the working day and raised wages for workers.
  D) was welcomed by industrial workers as it made their jobs safer.

Question 3

The main factor which promoted economic growth was:
 
  A) more skilled workers.
  B) application of new technologies.
  C) better business organization.
  D) scientific management of the workplace.

Question 4

Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, was one of the first to be devoted to:
 
  A) improving worker efficiency.
  B) industrial research.
  C) solving environmental problems.
  D) fighting diseases.



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Answer 1

Answer: C

Answer 2

Anwer: A

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: B





 

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