Which of the following statements about the Merger Movement of the late nineteenth century is most accurate?
a. Investment bankers played an insignificant role in the mergers that created enormous new corporations.
b. The merger movement resulted partly from economic weaknesses, partly in response to the threat of vicious competition among reviving manufacturing companies.
c. Andrew Carnegie successfully fought off J.P. Morgan's hostile bid on this United States Steel Corporation.
d. In their organization of mergers, J.P. Morgan and other investment bankers were looking for short term gains at the cost of long-term stability.
B
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a. Mannerism b. Baroque c. Classicism d. High Renaissance e. Dutch Realism
The public generally liked popular sovereignty because it
a. offered a way to stop the spread of slavery without attacking slaveholders. b. fit with the democratic tradition of self-determination. c. provided a national solution to the problem of slavery. d. would speed the entry of new states into the Union. e. upheld the principles of white supremacy.
The leadership of the Church by 400 was characterized by what
A) The entrance of elites into positions of power B) A series of weak, corrupt men C) Democratization D) Equality among bishops E) Submission to the state
How did the Sussex Pledge affect U.S. involvement in World War I?
A) It escalated U.S. involvement. B) It postponed U.S. involvement. C) It eliminated U.S. involvement. D) It complicated U.S. involvement. E) It intensified U.S. involvement.