A major change in the railroad industry after the Civil War was the development of __________
a. major railroad trunk lines
b. competition between owners for local markets
c. regional marketplaces
d. international rail systems
e. a greater number of small rail companies
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Why did the CIA help to overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh?
A. He ended Iran's nonaligned status by allying with the Soviet Union. B. He attempted to nationalize foreign oil interests in Iran. C. He vowed to build a military coalition to destroy the state of Israel. D. He attempted to create an organization through which the oil-producing nations of the Middle East could control the price of oil.
Treasury Secretary Hamilton successfully argued to President Washington that the Bank of the United States was constitutional because
A) the Tenth Amendment implicitly authorized the creation of a federal bank. B) the "necessary and proper" clause in Article One of the Constitution gave Congress the authority to do everything required for the federal government in order to carry out its taxation and borrowing powers. C) a federal bank was expressly authorized in Article One of the Constitution. D) a federal bank had been envisioned by many of the farmers of the Constitution including Madison.
What effect did the continued influx of silver into Europe have?
A. It fostered a deflationary spiral. B. It drove the value of copper coinage up. C. It drove the value of gold coinage up. D. It diluted its own value.
To get rid of _________, most Progressives supported the creation of a professional corps of administrators. a. bureaucracy B. cronyism C. capitalism D. oligarchy
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