European traders and investors searches for an alternative route to Asia in order to destroy the Asian monopoly on spices and other exotic goods.
The last statement is correct.
When the Great Depression hit, Herbert Hoover was president. As an advocate of laissez faire economics, he felt that having the government interfere with the economy would have negative results. Hoover does create a few public works projects (like the Hoover Dam) in order to decrease unemployment but these programs are short lived. Overall, Hoover is remembered negatively by the American public, as he did not do enough to help America during this time.
This is why when he ran for re-election he lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Once in office, FDR implemented the "New Deal." This economic program was based around creating government agencies that would help decrease unemployment and improve American society in general. Along with this, FDR set up market regulations (like the Securities and Exchange Commission) to ensure that there is never another crash in wall street like the one in 1929.
The relationship between the Standard Oil and the United States were that the combination between business was illegal and unlikely to be reasonable in straints of trade and abuse of anticompetitive actions Which would later break up the Standard Oil and all apart in 1911.
Answer: As a young man, Anton Chekhov wrote pieces for various publications to earn money to pay for his schooling to become a playwright.
Explanation: A playwright is a writer that writes plays. Anton Chekhov is mostly known by his plays, he is a dramatist or tragedian.