A. They made their own clothes
The United States embargoed scrap-metal shipments to Japan and closed the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. This hit Japan's economy particularly hard because 74.1% of Japan's scrap iron came from the United States in 1938 :)
The best answer in that set would seem to be "compromise." I'm not sure I'd use exactly that term, but it's the best term from the set of answers given. Count Camillo di Cavour was prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, serving under King Victor Emmanuel II. This was a time in history (in the 19th century) when prime ministers were starting to exercise more control of policy than the kings themselves. It was also a time of something that came to be known a "Realpolitik" (a German term), or "realistic politics." So I'd say Cavour was a political realist who chose paths of action that would benefit his overall aims, whether or not they fit some specific ideology or master plan. I suppose "compromise" would be another way of saying that, but I'd prefer to say he practiced political realism.
Answer: The answer is D. ( Decrease their production costs.)
Explanation: Profit Margin is a measure of the profitability of the company. It is computed as the net profit as a percentage of the sales. The higher profit margin results from an increase in sales revenue or a decrease in production cost.
The increase in total supply does not result in the revenue of the company. It only means more products are available to the customers. So, it will not result in higher profit margins.
The increase in total expense and decrease in the customer base will reduce the net profit, thereby reducing the profit margin.
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The American Party, at its height in the 1850s, was also known as the Know-Nothing Party. That should tell you something about its stance. They didn't want any scholarly debate about the benefits of immigration or the role of immigration in America's history. They argued that those not born in America would only come into the country and take away jobs and rights and power from native-born Americans. We refer to groups like the Know-Nothing Party as "nativist" groups because they're all about insulating native-born citizens against any perceived threat from newcomers.
The American Party particularly targeted Irish Catholic immigrants who were fleeing Ireland's great famine of the late 1840s.
If these sorts of sentiments sound familiar to you from talk about immigration that you hear today, well, that's because it does sound familiar. It's not Irish or Roman Catholic immigrants that are the target of nativist fears today, but immigrants and refugees (often of non-Christian religions) who are coming to the United States from all over the world in search of new opportunity.
