The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 11

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Conservatives,liberals,radicals of all shades and intensity,are agreed in denouncing the criminal indifference that is shown to the murderous conditions in which men,women,girls and mere children are compelled to earn their bread.The Triangle disaster has revealed an appalling state of affairs that exists though the factory district of New York City,and that presumably exists in varying degrees of badness in other cities.From the standpoint of safety of the workers everything was wrong.And yet it is hard to single out one person or institution and say that there belongs the blame.The proprietors of the Triangle Company were violating no law,and were but following the instincts and practices common among manufacturers in their trade…The ultimate blame must be traced back to…an indifference or unawakened public."
Miriam Finn Scott,"The Factory Girl's Danger," The Outlook,April 15,1911
-Which of the following contributed most directly to the crisis described in the passage?

• A) Radical new economic policies
• B) Rapid expansion of industry
• C) A decline in the production of consumer goods
• D) American involvement in foreign conflicts

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Definitions:

Wage Rate

The amount of compensation a worker receives per unit time or per unit of output, often expressed per hour or piece.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a resource.

Profit-maximizing

The process of adjusting production and sales to achieve the highest possible profit.

Market Wage

The prevailing rate of pay for a specific job in a particular labor market.