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HIST312 Final Exam - Capitalism and Democracy in America
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MCQs on the history of Capitalism and Democracy in America.

HIST312 Final Exam - Capitalism and Democracy in America
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1. What is 'globalization'?
2. Which of the following statements best describes the effect that the Enlightenment had on North America?
3. The __________________ Revolution changed technology and economics in eighteenth-century.
4. Government at all levels – local, state, and federal – supported the late 19th-century construction of railroads by:
5. During the 1970s, America's GDP:
6. The appearance of mass-production techniques in late 19th-century America:
7. According to supply-side economics, _________________ should be lowered to free up capital that can be invested.
8. oversight of the colonies' internal affairs.
9. The first election in which presidential electors were selected by popular election took place in _______________.
10. The 1892 strike at Homestead, Pennsylvania:
11. The first great depression in American history was the ______________________________, a consequence of the boom and bust cycles inherent in the newly emerging system of capitalism.
12. Expanding middle-class consumption during the 1920s led to all of the following developments EXCEPT:
13. When the _________________________________ limited credit in 1929 in an attempt to stabilize U.S. stock, it set off a chain reaction that made things worse.
14. Which of the following is an INACCURATE description of social tension during the Great Depression?
15. The model for suburban living in 1950s America was the so-called _______________ Belt, whose mild climate and open spaces allowed for larger homes.
16. Late 19th century industrialization was 'capital-intensive,' meaning:
17. Anti-Communist hysteria during the 1940s and 1950s reached such a fever pitch that some employers _______________ suspected communists, many of whom were never able to work again.
18. The Seven Years' War impacted British-colonial relations because:
19. Even though wages in the American South were much lower than they were in the North, few southern workers migrated.Why?
20. Three cities were at the epicenter of Enlightenment. They were:
21. Just before the Homestead Strike of 1892, Andrew Carnegie left for Scotland, leaving _________________________ in charge of the company's assault on the local steel union.
22. In the 1950s, many whites with the means to do so fled the __________________ in favor of life in the _____________________.
23. The strike at Homestead (1892) demonstrated that:
24. The most important disseminator of mass culture in 1920s America was ____________________.
25. The slave trade/plantation system: