John D. Rockefeller's horizontal combination was so successful that he controlled what percentage of the nation's oil refining by 1882?
A. 50 percent
B. 75 percent
C. 80 percent
D. over 90 percent
Answer: D
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A. The United States worked with the Taliban government to search for Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda supporters. B. The United States met with stiff resistance, as had the Soviet Union when it attempted a takeover of Afghanistan, and quickly retreated. C. President Bush waited for full approval from the United Nations Security Council before taking any action. D. The United States was able to overthrow the Taliban regime with less than one hundred U.S. casualties, but was unable to capture Osama bin Laden.
Following World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt was most noted for her
(a) support of racial segregation in the United States military (b) role in creating the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (c) opposition to the Truman Administration (d) efforts to end the use of land mines
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A. a shortage of consumer credit. B. the rising bargaining power of labor unions. C. the overproduction of goods. D. inflation. E. a shortage in the number of skilled workers.
A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was
a. the high price of land. b. the low market value of grain. c. the scarcity of water. d. overcrowding. e. the opposition of miners.