Between 1898 and 1903, the American economy saw __________
a. an increase in the number of smaller businesses
b. greater competition among all businesses
c. a wave of mergers and consolidations
d. the outlawing of trusts
e. meager overall business growth
C
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The Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
A) held that the state of Georgia could not regulate private dealings by U.S. citizens within the territory controlled by the Cherokee tribe because the Indian tribe's sovereign rights were subject only to the federal government. B) held that the state of Georgia could regulate private dealings by the U.S. citizens within the territory controlled by the Cherokee tribe because of the powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment. C) did not provide any clear guidance about the extent to which the state of Georgia could regulate private dealings within territory controlled by Indian tribes such as the Cherokee. D) affirmed a "strict construction" of the Constitution, which Chief Justice Marshall believed was necessary to maintain the checks and balances of the Constitution and retain the legitimacy of the Supreme Court by the public.
Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?
A. A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River. B. Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents of the plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty. C. President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition to the proposal was divisive. D. A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at a lower rate than those whose debts were being assumed.
Christian philosophers who aimed to integrate parts of the Greco-Roman heritage into their religion
a. believed that the Biblical story of Creation was compatible with Greek mythology. b. saw Christ as the incarnation of the Logos or divine reason. c. claimed that Zeus was a prophet. d. rejected Platonic philosophy. e. were regularly condemned as heretics.
The October 1972, peace agreement hammered out by Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger broke down because
A. antiwar activists in the United States strongly opposed it. B. President Thieu opposed any deal that let North Vietnamese troops remain in the south. C. North Vietnamese hard liners insisted on the complete surrender of South Vietnam. D. Secretary of State William Rogers leaked damaging details to the press. E. the National Liberation Front launched a provocative offensive.