Author Question: The development of mining technology resulted in __________. A) less use of skilled labor B) ... (Read 156 times)

cagreen833 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The increase in railroad building and mining helped to accelerate the development of what industry?

A) steel
B) lumber
C) shipping
D) cotton

Question 2

Violence and conflict often erupted between miners and mine owners due to __________.

A) the lack of law enforcement in the West
B) the refusal of owners to use court injunctions
C) the practice of hiring native-born labor
D) conditions caused by the industrialization of mining

Question 3

Poor conditions for miners resulted in __________.

A) management offering higher wages to immigrant workers only
B) widespread unionization movements by miners
C) a collapse of the industry's financial foundation
D) a return to small-scale prospecting enterprises

Question 4

The development of mining technology resulted in __________.

A) less use of skilled labor
B) much higher wages for mine workers
C) economic depression in the West
D) fewer deaths on the job