What did Adam Smith argue in The Wealth of Nations?
A) Self-interest acted as an "invisible hand" in the marketplace, automatically regulating the supply of and demand for services.
B) Mechanization would become the "invisible hand" and automation would eliminate human labor.
C) Wealth should be distributed evenly throughout society.
D) Inexorable natural laws controlled the social order.
E) A single tax would solve the nation's uneven distribution of wealth.
A
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In the late nineteenth century, black women were largely excluded from jobs as secretaries, typists, and department store clerks.
a. true b. false
Which statement best describes how the war affected African Americans?
a. They gained new freedoms in the South because of the demand for labor. b. They found few new opportunities. c. Many moved north to take better jobs. d. The government forced states to end segregation in an effort to keep war production high.
In the seventeenth century, France had colonies in all of the following areas except ______________.
A. the Caribbean B. Canada C. the East Indies D. the North American heartland E. New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico
By the 1850s, San Francisco
a. had lost its pre-eminence to new metropolitan centers in California. b. was merely a small rural settlement. c. enjoyed prosperity almost exclusively due to the cotton trade. d. had become the West Coast gateway to the interior.