TEKS US History High School - H.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
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High School - U.S. History
Social Studies K-HS (Archived)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.60sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
- Q2Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?Workers secured a greater share of company profits.The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced.Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations.The federal government could dissolve business monopolies.30sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
- Q3One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by -passing the Interstate Commerce Actimplementing the silver standard for currencycreating a federal jobs program for the unemployedestablishing a new tax on capital gains60sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
- Q4The business practice described above eventually led to the enactment of legislation that -protected domestic industries from foreign competitionprotected consumers by prohibiting monopoliesguaranteed public access to corporate recordsrequired reciprocity agreements between state governments60sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
- Q5In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in -working with labor unions to increase worker salariessetting limits on the growth of private industrytaking responsibility for the safety of consumersimplementing social welfare programs60sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
- Q6What was the most likely result of the publication of images such as this 1906 political cartoon?Labor unions protested unsafe working conditions.Private companies refused to import foreign foods.The government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.The government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.30sH.15.B: Federal Government & Private Business
