Which of the following is true of government military contracts during the Second World War?
a. They greatly enriched neighborhood enterprises.
b. They were equally distributed among all businesses.
c. They were awarded to companies with the lowest profit margin and the highest research and developmentexpenditures
d. Most were awarded to the nation's top one hundred corporations.
d
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In a speech arguing that college tuition is far too expensive, you explain that there are high quality colleges in Canada that charge half the cost. This is an example of which kind of argument?
A) argument by analogy B) arguing from causation C) arguing by sign D) none of the above
When the First World War began, the army’s highest-ranking black officer was
a. promoted to general in order to emphasize the army’s commitment to racial equality. b. placed in overall command of the army’s several all-black regiments. c. removed from duty ostensibly on medical grounds, though possibly because he would outrank white officers leading all-black regiments. d. thrown in prison for publicly avowing that if Congress did not grant black men their rights while they were fighting in Europe, then they would continue fighting once they returned home.
Who should be credited with publicizing the dreadful conditions imposed on blacks who worked on rubber plantations in the Congo?
a. Mohandas Gandhi b. Edward Morel c. Charles Gordon d. David Livingstone e. Henry Stanley
Which of the following is NOT a part of Darwin's theory of evolution?
a. Living beings reproduce faster than the food supply. b. Since there is a scarcity of food, there is a struggle for survival. c. Living beings are not identical. Those individuals who happen to have characteristics that give them an edge in the struggle for survival have a higher likelihood to survive. d. Over time, this natural selection in the struggle for survival creates new species and kills old ones off. e. The theory of evolution proves that God does not exist.