All of the following statements about John D. Rockefeller are accurate, EXCEPT:
a. He recruited experts to make Standard oil the most efficient refiner.
b. He secured favorable treatment from railroads by offering a heavy volume of traffic on a steady basis. c. He persuaded competitors to join his cartel.
d. He pursued horizontal integration and had little interest in the vertical integration of oil fields and transportation facilities.
ANSWER: d
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Adaptations to the new conditions seem to have included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. The domestication of dogs. b. A spurt of technical innovation, leading to innovations likes boomerangs, better fishhooks, and bird traps. c. Expanded trade networks to exchange goods across ecological zones. d. Better nutrition and health because of the improved hunting techniques.
Which of the following was a fear that was held by liberals of the early nineteenth century in regard to extending political rights to uneducated people?
A) There would be a return to tyranny. B) An uninformed and unskilled leader would be elected. C) Leadership of a country would be devalued. D) The wealthy would have to support the peasants. E) The poverty percentage would grow even more rapidly.
According to the text, which of the following are among the most contentious and divisive social issues in the U.S.?
A) right to life vs. freedom of choice B) same-sex marriage C) prayer in school D) expansion of territory E) right to life vs. freedom of choice, same-sex marriage, and prayer in school
Without tobacco, the Virginia Colony would never have survived. Make a case for that thesis, using what you know of the colony's history.
What will be an ideal response?