All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
A. a decline in the cost of power from private companies.
B. significant reduction in poverty in the region.
C. flooding being almost entirely eliminated in the affected region.
D. improvements to water transportation.
E. electricity being provided to thousands of new users.
B
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Which of the following was a feature of the modern state in the late nineteenth century?
A) greater acceptance of anarchism and communism B) more efficient and professional bureaucracies C) less intrusive role of government in people’s lives D) fewer public programs providing social security
Which of the following cities was an English trading post?
A. Goa B. Hormuz C. Bombay D. Melaka E. São Jorge da Mina
Stephen Douglas pushed for the organization of territorial governments in the Louisiana Purchase for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. to help fulfill the aims of the Young America movement, of which Douglas was a typical representative. B. to insure that Chicago became the eastern terminus of any transcontinental railroad. C. to accelerate the process of bringing the Plains Indians under federal control. D. to hasten the opening of the West for the sake of economic development.
By the early eighteenth century, the proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over
A. one-fourth. B. three-fourths. C. nine-tenths. D. one-half. E. one-third.