Post Reconstruction Industrial Growth Quiz Quiz

How did creation of department stores change the idea of shopping?

Question Answer Choices They locating in rural areas. They helped form shopping malls. They brought together many different products in a large building. They offered low prices instead of elaborate services.

How did the American Railway Association make railroad service more dependable?

Question Answer Choices It set standards for materials used in the construction of railroads. It set a maximum number of cars a train could pull. It divided the country into latitude and longitude zones. It created four time zones for the country.

Which of the following statements is true about economies of scale?

Question Answer Choices It refers to companies which have high costs because they make so few of an item. describes companies which have lower costs because they make a lot of a given item. It explains why small companies have lower operating costs than large companies. It refers to the economic policies of socialist countries.

What is the name of a union in which workers in a particular industry were united into one union?

Question Answer Choices Industrial Union Common Union Trade Union Skilled Union

Because of the shortage of workers, from which country did one of the railroad companies hire workers?

Question Answer Choices Japan Mexico England China