Quiz #4 HIS 144 And HIS 144 TOPIC 5 Tests and Actual Answers Updated.

The "putting-out" system of production referred to - Answer the system whereby manufacturers would pay a family to perform one task in producing an item. The middle class - Answer emerged with the factory system, and the creation of managers and supervisors. The Grange was - Answer a national farm movement that sought political solutions to farmers' economic problems. All of the following are true about the Cumberland Road, except - Answer The road was widely considered sufficient for the region's commercial infrastructure needs. By the 1850s, the cornerstone of America's transportation system was - Answer railroads. Which of the following happened during the Market Revolution? - Answer A growing number of farmers began to focus on single crops that they could sell for profit, rather than only growing what they needed to be self-sufficient. The key development in the communications revolution was the - Answer telegraph. All of the following are true about 19th century railroads, except - Answer Railroads crisscrossed the South far more densely than in the North. Among the American Federation of Labor's successes were all of the following except - Answer The AFL achieved all of these successes. Congress awarded more than 200 million acres to investors who wanted to move westward and - Answer build railroads connecting the East and West. Who of the following did not support the economic plan called the American System? - Answer Southern cotton plantation owners