Which statement about nineteenth-century industrialists is most accurate?
a. They were nothing more than "robber barons" unscrupulous, greedy, and exploitative.
b. They typically started out as struggling members of the working class.
c. They generally treated their workers much better than their predecessors.
d. Their values about wealth and their desire for material gain were widely shared by Americans.
ANSWER: d
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A) Only southern cities experienced free black population growth. B) Only northern cities experienced free black population growth. C) Both northern and southern cities experienced free black population growth. D) Black populations declined in both northern and southern cities.
In an effort to stabilize China internally, the Ming emperors
A. stressed Chinese traditions from the era before the Mongol Yuan dynasty. B. adopted the methods used by the powerful early modern European states. C. accepted the Yuan traditions that had been in place for a century. D. copied the centralizing techniques that had proved so successful in Japan. E. followed the more successful Indian centralization model.
The inflation of the early 1970s was caused in part by a. President Johnson's decision to wage an expensive war in Vietnam while also increasing spending on GreatSociety programs
b. President Nixon's decision to devalue the dollar by allowing it to "float" in international money markets. c. the large increases in federal spending that President Nixon requested and received at the start of his term. d. the growing concentration of economic power and wealth in a small number of dominant corporations.
The 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona concerned which of the following?
(A) Segregated swimming pools (B) College admission quotas (C) Rights of citizens accused of a crime (D) Poll taxes (E) Sexual discrimination in the military