From the Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Until the Early

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Multiple Choice

From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution until the early twentieth century, business effort was directed mainly toward

• A) developing new machinery.
• B) the production of goods.
• C) the development of new markets.
• D) keeping the cost of labor low.
• E) fighting unionization.

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