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cagreen833

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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


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Reply #1 on: Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: D

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: A


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