The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), founded in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to help combat the Great Depression, was the predecessor of which one of the following federal agencies?
a. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
b. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
c. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
d. Freddie Mac
e. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Answer: e. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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In Santa Clara Pueblo v.Martinez (1978), the Supreme Court did which of the following?
a. strengthened the tribal power of individual tribe members and furthered Indian self-government b. strengthened the position of Indian tribes by making them equal to incorporated businesses c. strengthened tribal power so that Indian tribes have a status similar to that of counties d. declared that Indian tribes would have the same status as towns or townships
A company may try to keep its costs low by using cheap fuel, even though burning that fuel emits black soot into the air. This is an example of
A) blame avoidance. B) corporate corruption. C) a negative externality. D) a natural monopoly. E) a NIMB effect.
What was the goal of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?
A. Promote issues based on the notion that men and women are created equal B. Debate the possibility of seceding from the United States to restrictions on slave trade C. Create a women's manifesto discussing temperance, abolition, and suffrage D. Discuss strategies for the abolition of slavery E. Plan strategies that would advance rights for homosexual individuals and same-sex couples
Benign discrimination is based on
A) hatred. B) reason. C) differences. D) loyalty. E) partisanship.