A Major Economic Consequence of the Transportation and Marketing Revolutions

question 3

Multiple Choice

A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was

• A) a lessening of the gap between great wealth and poverty.
• B) a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities.
• C) the declining significance of American agriculture.
• D) an increased prosperity for all Americans.
• E) the growing realization of the "rags-to-riches" American dream.

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Definitions:

Social Justice

Social justice is the concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society, measured by the distribution of wealth, opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.

Rawls

A philosopher named John Rawls, famous for his theories of justice, including the principles of 'justice as fairness.'

Theory

A systematic set of ideas intended to explain facts or phenomena, often based on principles independent of the things to be explained.

Least Advantaged

Those individuals or groups in society with the fewest resources, opportunities, and support, often marginalized in socio-economic terms.