Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons why Andrew Carnegie made enormous profits in the steel industry?
A) He willingly sacrificed the quality of his product to gain the economies of scale.
B) He paid his workers low wages for long hours of work.
C) He vertically integrated the steel production industry.
D) He made heavy investments in new technologies of production.
A
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How did the Watts civil rights riots of 1965 begin?
A. A crowd gathered to protest the arrest of a drunken motorist. B. Police arrested an African American taxicab driver for following a police car too closely. C. Police raided an after-hours bar hosting a party for African American Vietnam War veterans. D. Juvenile delinquents attacked and killed an elderly homeless man.
Jefferson and Madison opposed the creation of the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) they felt it would harm independent farmers. B) they believed it would enrich the already wealthy who had made their supposedly ill-gotten gains through speculation rather than hard work. C) they believed the bank was an unconstitutional extension of federal power. D) they favored the economic interests allied with large state-chartered banks over those economic interests who would benefit from a federally chartered Bank of the United States.
The Adams–Onís Treaty (Transcontinental Treaty) of 1819 __________
A. finally settled the dispute between Spain and the United States over the Texas–Louisiana border B. transferred the ownership of Florida to the United States C. relinquished all U.S. claims to the ownership of Texas D. all of the above
The Revolution of 1830 in France resulted in
a. a constitutional monarchy with strong ties to the upper bourgeoisie. b. the nearly twenty-year rule of Louis Philippe. c. lingering resentment among Parisian workers who had fought the revolution but gained essentially nothing in return. d. sparking revolutions in Belgium, Poland, and Italy. e. all of the above