Corporate consolidations or mergers were prompted primarily by a desire to
a. encourage competition.
b. regulate expansion and insulate corporations from fluctuations in the economic cycle.
c. stimulate rate wars within the major markets.
d. reduce the role of investment bankers in the economy.
e. encourage government regulation of industry.
b
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Which of the following was accomplished during the Eisenhower years?
A. Congress authorized construction of an interstate highway system. B. Federal funding was provided for civilian aviation research. C. The Amtrak system was created to centralize control over the nation's railroads. D. Congress provided the first federal grants for construction of urban mass transit facilities.
Who supported John Brown's efforts financially?
A) Most white northerners donated some money. B) A few wealthy abolitionist and black leaders gave financial support. C) A few southerners who were sick of the troubles over slavery donated money. D) A large number of the African-American Forty-Niners donated a great deal of money and time.
Which of the following is not an example of the impact of the department store?
A) It overcame middle- and upper-class reluctance to spend. B) It made shopping an adventure. C) It functioned as a kind of social club and home away from home for comfortably fixed women. D) It convinced middle class families to buy cheaper products that they would have to replace annually. E) It set the standard for consumption.
In "Bishop Bossuet Defends the Divine Right of Kings", Bossuet asserts that the
a. Estates General must limit royal powers. b. King and the State are the same thing. c. power of the king comes from the Church. d. None of these answers are correct.