What finally caused the collapse of the Old Regime?
A) A host of factors that were brought to crisis by the debt incurred for the French support of the Americans during their Revolutionary War
B) The inability of the king to collect taxes from the First Estate
C) A corrupt nobility engaged in usury against the interests of the French people
D) The constant internal bickering between the Estates
E) None of these
A
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Which of the following doesnotrepresent one of the management strategies that John D. Rockefeller used in building his empire?
A. horizontal integration B. vertical integration C. social Darwinism D. the holding company model
Mill towns grew up where machines could be powered by
a. solar energy. b. wind energy. c. thermal energy. d. oil. e. water.
The American System was designed to
A) promote American internal improvements, especially the building of roads and canals, to foster economic growth and protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition through higher average tariffs on imported goods. B) reduce the cost of foreign imports through lowering the percentage of the average tariff on imported goods. C) emphasize traditional sectional divides by making state governments the primary agents of economic development. D) exclude infrastructure improvements that would serve military needs because of the need to reduce the size of the military after the War of 1812.
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do?
a) established a Supreme Court b) created the Justice Department c) abolished the system of state courts d) limited the terms of judges to 10 years