Railroad lines compensated for unprofitably low rates on competitive routes by
a. using fewer crew members on such routes and cutting back on the services provided.
b. running very few trains on such routes.
c. demanding special payments from the government for such routes.
d. charging unusually high rates on noncompetitive routes.
d
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part because
A. of a financial scandal within his campaign. B. he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry. C. of his close connections to the oil industry. D. he failed to carry the South. E. All these answers are correct.
The scientist whose work led to the law that states that the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted upon it and who argued that matter is composed of atoms, later known as the chemical elements, was
A) William Harvey. B) Paracelsus. C) Andreas Vesalius. D) Robert Boyle. E) Antoine Lavoisier.