Explain how specific needs result in scientific discoveries and technological innovations in agriculture, the military, and medicine, including vaccines.
Understand how the free enterprise system drives technological innovation and its application in the marketplace such as cell phones, inexpensive personal computers, and global positioning products.
Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and the application of these by the free enterprise system, including those in transportation and communication, improve the standard of living in the United States.
Understand the impact of technological and management innovations and their applications in the workplace and the resulting productivity enhancements for business and labor such as assembly line manufacturing, time-study analysis, robotics, computer management, and just-in-time inventory management.
Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric power, telephone and satellite communications, petroleum-based products, steel production, and computers on the economic development of the United States.
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The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped -
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improve the quality of the water supply
improve the hygiene of medical procedures
limit the spread of infectious diseases
limit the risk in consuming imported produce
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What do these advertisements suggest to consumers?
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Personal computers are replacing cell phones.
Free enterprise promotes competition among cell phone providers.
Cell phone users have limited choices in the marketplace.
Government regulation of the cell phone industry is increasing.
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The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped -
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H.27.B: Specific Needs & Innovations
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What do these advertisements suggest to consumers?
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H.28.C: Free Enterprise System & Technology Innovation
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During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?
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H.28.A: Improving Living Standards
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What is one way to describe the developments shown above?
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H.28.B: Space Technology & Exploration
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Which of the following has resulted from the increased use of computers in the workplace?
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H.27.C: Technological & Management Innovations In The Workplace
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Which of these best explains the change in money spent at the movies from 1946 to 1965?
A company specializes in manufacturing and distributing automobile parts. Which use of computer technology would most enhance the productivity of this business?
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H.27.C: Technological & Management Innovations In The Workplace
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Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?
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H.27.B: Specific Needs & Innovations
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These technological advances can all be traced back to which industry?
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H.28.B: Space Technology & Exploration
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Which of these is an example of a successful innovation of the assembly-line production model?
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H.27.C: Technological & Management Innovations In The Workplace
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How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?
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H.28.A: Improving Living Standards
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Which statement best explains how the application of electricity in the early 1900s affected the development of the U.S. economy?
