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Updated on: 02 Mar 2022, 03:22
Originally posted by LordStark on 29 Sep 2018, 23:29.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 02 Mar 2022, 03:22, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 02 Mar 2022, 03:22, edited 2 times in total.
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Question 1
E
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
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29% (03:19) correct
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Question 2
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
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26% (01:43) correct 74%
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Question 3
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
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Question Stats:
41% (01:29) correct 59%
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During the final decades of the nineteenth century, America experienced unprecedented technological innovation and industrial expansion. Railroads spanned the country, linking the eastern and western states. Steam-powered engines fueled the mighty factories built along the waterways of the Northeast. The west offered seemingly endless resources: timber, gold and silver. As people left their farms and immigrants arrived to work in the booming urban centers, the labor force changed from skilled artisans to assembly-line workers, who felt chained to the machines of industrial progress. America's transformation from an agrarian to an industrialized economy was a time when great fortunes were amassed by the speculative industrialists and financiers, known as robber barons, who used such unscrupulous tactics as vertical and horizontal integration to increase profits and create monopolies. As profits grew, so did America's standard of living, as per capita income and production exceeded those of any other nation, excluding Britain. But not all shared in the newfound wealth. The exploding population of cities created disease-ridden slums that grew larger with the influx of immigrants, exploited by corrupt political bosses with the promise of work in exchange for their votes. Men, women and children worked long hours for low pay in unsafe factories to keep up with the demand for cheap, mass-produced products.
By the early twentieth century, many of the Protestant, college-educated, middle-class citizens were disturbed by the materialism, corruption and economic polarization, and felt a moral and social obligation to reshape the American landscape on a path aligned with what they believed the nation's founding fathers had intended. From 1900 to 1918, these progressives led a movement to battle the problems of industrialization and urbanization. Legislation was enacted that restricted child labor, established a minimum wage, regulated working conditions, and gave the public increased control of government through primaries to elect political leaders. Theodore Roosevelt departed from the laissez-faire approach and extended the executive branches of government to curtail monopolistic practices and ensure competition. Industries, like meat-packing, railroads and banks, became federally regulated. This precedent of addressing social and economic issues at the federal, state and local levels was significant for it changed the expectations of the role that government would play in society and inspired the recovery from the Depression of 1929.
By the early twentieth century, many of the Protestant, college-educated, middle-class citizens were disturbed by the materialism, corruption and economic polarization, and felt a moral and social obligation to reshape the American landscape on a path aligned with what they believed the nation's founding fathers had intended. From 1900 to 1918, these progressives led a movement to battle the problems of industrialization and urbanization. Legislation was enacted that restricted child labor, established a minimum wage, regulated working conditions, and gave the public increased control of government through primaries to elect political leaders. Theodore Roosevelt departed from the laissez-faire approach and extended the executive branches of government to curtail monopolistic practices and ensure competition. Industries, like meat-packing, railroads and banks, became federally regulated. This precedent of addressing social and economic issues at the federal, state and local levels was significant for it changed the expectations of the role that government would play in society and inspired the recovery from the Depression of 1929.
01. All of the following points are supported by the passage, EXCEPT:
a. By the end of the nineteenth century, America had essentially transitioned from an agrarian to an industrialized society.
b. The administrations prior to Roosevelt did not strongly interfere with the operations of big businesses.
c. The "progressives" believed that the ideals of democracy had dramatically shifted away from their original intent.
d. The business practices of many of the early "robber barons" were intentionally designed to handicap competition.
e. The Progressive Movement created a national awareness of the problems brought about by industrialization and urbanization.
a. By the end of the nineteenth century, America had essentially transitioned from an agrarian to an industrialized society.
b. The administrations prior to Roosevelt did not strongly interfere with the operations of big businesses.
c. The "progressives" believed that the ideals of democracy had dramatically shifted away from their original intent.
d. The business practices of many of the early "robber barons" were intentionally designed to handicap competition.
e. The Progressive Movement created a national awareness of the problems brought about by industrialization and urbanization.
02. Which of the following situations is most consistent with the progressives' principles and actions?
a. A group of legislators forms a series of town hall meetings to determine which reforms citizens desire most.
b. Citizens from neighboring towns form a multidistrict Parent-Teacher Organization to formulate solutions for budget cuts in lower-income schools.
c. A laid-off factory worker writes his congressman to ask for subsidies for his declining industry.
d. Students at a university stage a sit-in at the dormitory cafeteria to campaign for healthier dining options.
e. Prominent musicians band together for a benefit concert to raise money for victims of an overseas natural disaster.
a. A group of legislators forms a series of town hall meetings to determine which reforms citizens desire most.
b. Citizens from neighboring towns form a multidistrict Parent-Teacher Organization to formulate solutions for budget cuts in lower-income schools.
c. A laid-off factory worker writes his congressman to ask for subsidies for his declining industry.
d. Students at a university stage a sit-in at the dormitory cafeteria to campaign for healthier dining options.
e. Prominent musicians band together for a benefit concert to raise money for victims of an overseas natural disaster.
3. The passage suggests which of the following about American society prior to the early twentieth century?
a. Though assembly-line workers did not receive much of the value that their work produced, they felt that they did not have a choice but to continue to work in the industrial factories.
b. Farming was becoming less important, which is why many farmers left their land to work in the factories.
c. Prior to industrialization, workers had better working conditions and were less exploited.
d. There was less wealth polarization between America's upper-class and its labor force.
e. The United States became the world leader in applied technology and production.
a. Though assembly-line workers did not receive much of the value that their work produced, they felt that they did not have a choice but to continue to work in the industrial factories.
b. Farming was becoming less important, which is why many farmers left their land to work in the factories.
c. Prior to industrialization, workers had better working conditions and were less exploited.
d. There was less wealth polarization between America's upper-class and its labor force.
e. The United States became the world leader in applied technology and production.
30 Sep 2018, 18:11
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Correct Answer: B
The progressives sought more equitable opportunity for the nation's working class, and worked collectively across the nation to implement changes. Answer choice B, the correct answer, follows a similar path, as citizens from multiple communities act collectively to provide more equitable opportunity for poorer schools. In answer choice A, the solutions come from the legislators, and not the citizens. Answer choice C is incorrect because the worker acts alone, and only requests change, but does not provide his own solution. Answer choice D is incorrect because the students don't act across a broad scope, only encompassing one school, and because the cause is not one of equal opportunity. Answer choice E is incorrect because the actors in the situation are not citizens seeking assistance for their own cause, and because the cause is not one of equal opportunity, but rather charity for another group.
Correct Answer: B
The progressives sought more equitable opportunity for the nation's working class, and worked collectively across the nation to implement changes. Answer choice B, the correct answer, follows a similar path, as citizens from multiple communities act collectively to provide more equitable opportunity for poorer schools. In answer choice A, the solutions come from the legislators, and not the citizens. Answer choice C is incorrect because the worker acts alone, and only requests change, but does not provide his own solution. Answer choice D is incorrect because the students don't act across a broad scope, only encompassing one school, and because the cause is not one of equal opportunity. Answer choice E is incorrect because the actors in the situation are not citizens seeking assistance for their own cause, and because the cause is not one of equal opportunity, but rather charity for another group.
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30 Sep 2018, 06:22
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Such a difficult passage. I thought i understood the passage after spending close to 4 minutes. Got the 1st answer right. But got the next 2 wrong and my goal was to finish before 6 min and yet i could only finish by 7 min. This is the kind of passages that screws one in the exam. Either one takes too much time addressing each inference question or one gets most of them wrong ang get a hit on the score( Guilty of being on both sides at some or the other point of time). I have decided not to spend more time on a passage , with my experience screwing with time makes it very much harder to get back on track.
Been trying to train my brain to put a hard stop on time for RCs
Been trying to train my brain to put a hard stop on time for RCs
