Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the great mail-order houses, were in Chicago because it was __________.
A. America's largest city
B. the center of the consolidated rail system
C. the place where most consumer goods were manufactured
D. positioned to take advantage of transport on the Great Lakes
Answer: B
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In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by
A. allowing the legislature to set his salary. B. granting him the power to tax. C. taking away his authority to veto legislation. D. having him elected directly by the people. E. permitting him to sit in the legislature.
The two most pressing problems for the new nation, which neither the states nor the Confederation Congress could solve, were
A. land claim conflicts between the states, and border disputes with Britain and Spain. B. political ineffectiveness, and the need to industrialize. C. republicanism and federalism. D. slavery, and the Indian question.
Which of the following was NOT true of Dwight D. Eisenhower?
A) He openly opposed big businesses. B) He opposed the New Deal and the Fair Deal. C) He employed national defense as a pretext to fund the giant interstate project that built most of the nation's highways. D) He served as president during a period of economic affluence. E) He sounded the alarm against the "military-industrial complex" that jeopardized American democracy.
The increased presence of nearly naked male models in advertising reveals:
a. their vulnerability. b. that their potential to dominate remains. c. their soft side. d. a new standard of health for men.