-How Did Lewis Hines's Investigation of Injured Pittsburgh Workers That

question 44

Multiple Choice

-How did Lewis Hines's investigation of injured Pittsburgh workers that used photographs like this one of a young coal miner amputee help advance Progressive goals?

• A) Employers paid immediate hospital expenses for the injured, but then let them fend for their selves.
• B) Employers established medical practices and hospitals in their company towns.
• C) States launched worker compensation programs that provided disability payments and medical care to the injured.
• D) The wealthy instituted private charitable foundations to help injured workers survive.

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Definitions:

Overabsorbed Overhead

The amount of overhead applied is greater than actual overhead cost incurred.

Prospective Overhead Rate

An estimated rate used to allocate overhead costs to products or services based on future expected activities and expenditures.

Fixed Overhead

Fixed costs that do not fluctuate with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance, required to run a business's operations.

Production Targets

Specific goals set for the quantity of products to be produced within a given time frame.