Which of the Following Is False

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false?

• A)The completion of the national railroad network by 1890 led to the development of a national American market rather than just a series of smaller regional markets.
• B)Before the Civil War the North and the South were in agreement on the issue of protective tariffs, but were in conflict over the spread of slavery into the new Western territories.
• C)The U.S.was the first mass-consumption society.
• D)From 1900 to the end of World War I, U.S.farmers prospered.

Evaluate the impact of tariffs on consumer surplus, producer surplus, tariff revenue, and total surplus.

Understanding the impact of free trade on consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus.

Analyzing the effects of a tariff on market surplus and deadweight loss.

Calculating equilibrium price and quantity in a market without trade.

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