Government-set prices for grain in the Soviet Union resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
A. the hoarding of grain.
B. shortfalls of grain on the market.
C. a lack of federal income to pay for its imports from abroad.
D. the stabilization of the rural economy.
E. a decrease in the incentive for farmers to sell grain.
D
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In Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court of the United States ____________________.
A. upheld the principle of state regulation of railroad rates B. outlawed the practice of railroad regulation C. declared state regulation of railroads to be unconstitutional D. upheld ownership and management of the railroads by the federal government
Which of the following statements about slavery in ancient Greece is FALSE?
a. The Greeks believed that in order for some people to act as free individuals, others must be slaves. b. Slavery was determined solely by race. c. Slaves usually performed the same economic tasks as free citizens; some even held privileged positions such as clerks and policemen. d. Some slaves, such as those who worked the mines, could be mercilessly exploited. e. Children sold by their parents or abandoned could become slaves.
At the beginning of the America Revolution, which of the following was an advantage in favor of Patriot forces?
A) a colonial population greater than that of Britain B) the support of militia forces C) French military and naval support D) a population overwhelmingly in support of independence from Britain
In Karl Barth's Epistle to the Romans, he
A. suggested that Jesus' ideas were a precursor to communism. B. shocked the Christian world by stressing the importance of material progress above everything else. C. attacked the liberal Christian theology that had embraced the idea of progress. D. laid the groundwork for the rise of fascism in Italy. E. gave a religious foundation for the ideas of the social Darwinists.