The Teapot Dome scandal involved Interior Secretary Albert Fall's corrupt leasing of:
A) national forests to lumber companies.
B) navy oil reserves to oil companies.
C) military bases to economic developers.
D) Veterans Bureau facilities to private hospitals.
Answer: B
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The treatment of slaves improved after 1830 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) a growing feeling of morality among southern whites. B) the growing economic value of slaves. C) the evidence that better-fed slaves worked harder. D) the desire for slaves to produce offspring.
All of the following are true statements about Arab and Persian literature except
A. pre-Islamic traditions influenced later writers in the region. B. Persian achievements were greatest in the area of poetry. C. the Koran was looked upon as dogma that was separate from literary statement. D. one of its greatest works was The Tales of the 1001 Nights/The Arabian Nights. E. many writers were bilingual in Arabic and Persian.
By 1820, American steam-powered shipping
A. had reached as far up the Ohio River as Pittsburgh. B. stimulated agriculture in both the West and the South. C. carried more cargo on the Mississippi than all other forms of river transport combined. D. increased the transport of manufactured goods westward. E. All these answers are correct.
Which of the following was NOT a modern social issue that church organizations championed?
A. universal suffrage B. poor relief C. slave abolition D. education