How did "Granger Laws" address the railroad corruption depicted in this 1873 cartoon?
A) They allowed railroads the power to offer preferred customers special rates.
B) They ruled that state legislatures could regulate interstate railroad commerce.
C) They set maximum rates for transporting or storing grain by railroads.
D) They forced railroads to turn over lands adjacent to tracks to homesteaders.
C
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Which of the following statements is not a correct observation of Greek-Macedonian affairs?
A. The rapid spread of Macedonian control under Philip II provoked the Greeks to resist. B. Philip II permitted the Greek city-states to control their domestic affairs, but he took over the control of all foreign developments. C. Philip II's assassination ended all Greek involvement in a Macedonian-led invasion of the Persian Empire. D. Alexander ended the Greek rebellion that developed after the assassination of Philip II. E. Greece influenced Macedonia culturally and Macedonian dominated Greece militarily.
Historians have argued that race and gender were important in Roosevelt's and other's justifications for imperialism because these imperialists
a. claimed American society had lost touch with manly virtues. b. saw the nation as becoming soft and feminine since the frontier closed. c. perceived other nations as at the bottom of a strict racial hierarchy. d. regarded blacks as primitive and Anglo-Saxons as civilized. e. All of these choices are correct.
What fraction of the labor force was out of work in Britain and the United States in 1933?
A) one fourth B) one half C) one tenth D) one third E) three-quarters
St. Cyril and his brother developed the Cyrillic alphabet that was used for the written language of the ________
Fill in the blank with correct word.