How was the building of the railroads in the United States financed?

A) By state and local governments
B) By the federal government
C) By private investors
D) By overseas investors
E) All of these choices


E

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The Furies claimed that lesbianism was the best way to fight

A) homophobia. B) the Vietnam War. C) intolerance. D) patriarchy.

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Why did the owners of the Bon Marché and their customers prefer fixed prices to the traditional bargaining in European markets?

a) Merchants were more willing to take back unwanted purchases, either for cash or exchange, and buyers were more willing to take risks on unknown goods. b) Sellers could control their inventory, and customers could always find items in stock. Consider This: A more democratic and standardized relationship between merchant and customer evolved. See 9.6: Narrative: The Good Deal. c) Imported items could be sold quickly to customers interested in buying them. Consider This: A more democratic and standardized relationship between merchant and customer evolved. See 9.6: Narrative: The Good Deal. d) Bigger stores gave their sales staff the authority to haggle with customers, who tended to be savvy, upper-class buyers. Consider This: A more democratic and standardized relationship between merchant and customer evolved. See 9.6: Narrative: The Good Deal.

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Hitler planned to bring the entire __________, understood as a racial group, together in a single nation.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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One of the most significant structural differences between the old League of Nations and the new United Nations was that the U.N

a. did not attempt to include all the independent nations of the world in its membership. b. gave a veto in the powerful Security Council to the five Great Powers. c. did not try to address the question of colonialism. d. developed its own independent military force controlled by the Security Council. e. established a powerful independent executive branch in the Secretary General.

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