Launched in 1971, the Nasdaq
a. was the centerpiece of the Microsoft Corporation.
b. was a stock index that focused on companies in technological fields.
c. replaced the Dow Jones as the leading stock index.
d. gained 12,000 points in six years as America's leading stock index.
ANSWER: b
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A) Public sentiment throughout all classes turned against having children in the workplace . B) Factories stopped employing children, but they continued to work on farms. C) A series of laws gradually leading to the total banning of child labor was initiated. D) The law protected fewer than one out of every ten child laborers. E) Child labor was effectively banned throughout the United States.
Which of the following does NOT describe the new rich-that is, industrialists, railroad owners, financiers, and store owners?
A. camaraderie with older members of the establishment B. a reputation for public generosity C. enormous homes D. high-fashion clothing
What inspired Lucretia Mott to begin organizing for women´s rights?
a. The abuse heaped on Susan B. Anthony at her public lectures b. A Quaker movement to reduce women´s power in the church c. Her anger when she and other female delegates to an antislavery convention in London in 1840 were refused recognition d. Dorothea Dix´s success in campaigning for better treatment for the mentally ill e. Her time at Oberlin College as one of its first female students, when she heard women´s rights speaker like Lucy Stone
How did Hamilton demonstrate his dedication in developing his plan for prosperity and security?
A) He consulted his friends and colleagues in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Virginia. B) He surveyed and patiently listened to his political enemies, especially Jefferson and Madison. C) He traveled to England and France, studying their economic institutions and industrial centers. D) He traveled around the United States, even into the Western territories, to gain a true sense of the nation's fiscal status. E) He studied economic literature deeply and surveyed the country's current fiscal situation.