The first modern trust was ________

A) United States Steel
B) the Northern Securities Company
C) Standard Oil
D) Carnegie Steel
E) the Pennsylvania Railroad


Answer: C

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What was Isabella d'Este's most notable accomplishment?

a. The splendor of the Mantuan court b. The fame of her religious visions c. The role she played in selecting papal candidates d. The wealth and power she brought to her people e. The willingness to die for her beliefs

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The fundamental attitude of Hayes and other Republican administrations toward labor agitation was

a. strong support for the railroads and other business in their efforts to crush labor organizing. b. attempts to establish the federal government as a neutral arbiter between business and labor. c. support for organized labor's efforts to unionize various industries. d. to support reasonable regulation of business. e. to try to enlist farmers as a political counterbalance to industrial laborers.

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By 1100, ____ provided the best source of power for grinding grain

a. water mills b. rotary oxen pulls c. small, wood-burning, steam-powered devices d. water pumps e. windmills

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