With regard to colonial land settlement and the land beyond the Appalachians,
(a) secure land titles had to come from established authority; land typically could not be claimed simply by "squatting" on it.
(b) throughout most of the colonial period, authority over the land beyond the Appalachians was
not easy to establish because both the English and the French laid claim to most of the Mississippi watershed.
(c) the original grants of land to colonial settlers from the crown had been "from sea to sea."
(d) all of the above are true.
(d)
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When U.S. house prices began to fall in 2007:
A. most people negotiated lower mortgage rates, so few were forced to sell their houses. B. banks made it difficult for homeowners to negotiate higher mortgage rates, which led to a decrease in the supply of houses. C. many Americans were forced to sell their homes because they could no longer take out loans against the rising value of their houses. D. the demand for affordable housing increased, leading house prices to stabilize.
Suppose a country's net exports equal zero. Which of the following will happen if the volume of exports increases without an increase in the volume of imports?
A) The country will experience a budget deficit. B) The country will experience a trade surplus. C) The country will experience a trade deficit. D) The country will experience a budget surplus.
In the U.S., banks
A) cannot be forced to sell assets that the bank examiner deems too risky. B) can be forced to sell assets that the bank examiner deems too risky. C) can be forced to sell assets that the bank examiner deems too risky only after a court order. D) can be forced to sell assets that the bank examiner deems too risky only after both examiners from the Fed and from the FDIC agree. E) can be forced to trade assets that the bank examiner deems too risky.
According to the theory of rational expectations, the "fooling" of workers in Friedman's model
A) is rational, since sudden unforeseeable changes in aggregate demand can and do occur. B) is rational, since workers are always on their labor supply curve. C) is not rational, since workers should learn to immediately link unexpected wage changes to wrongly-forecast price levels. D) is not rational, since workers are often thrown off of their labor supply curve.