Explanation:
scientific enlightment evolved between the 16 &1700's, the age of reason, then followed the scientific resolution in the 19th century. the scientific resolution created the first "scientific societies. by 1870, these societies dismissed alchemy and astronomy displaced & other pseudosciences, as being proven untrue.
Ida Tarbell (1857 – 1944) pertained to the generation of journalists called muckrackers, who investigated and denounced corruption and unethical practices perpetrated by businesses and government officials during the Progressive Era (late 19th century and early 20th century) in the US.
She published <em>"The History of the Standard Oil Company</em>" in 1904 through which she set a precedent, and many others subsequently started to gather information and to denounce the abuses committed by companies with absolute market power (monopolies) or by trusts operating in olipolistic markets. The Sherman Antitrust Act had been recently passed in 1890 but firms had been able to freely limit competitiveness during the whole 19th century. Tarbell denounced the manner in which certain corporations gathered enormous fortunes by using anti-competitive practices, possible due to their dominant position in the markets, and also impeding others to participate on the profits of the industry.
Such monopolistic practices enlarged the inequality within the industry and also in the whole society where large fortunes started to appear while most people were humble factory workers who earned very modest salaries.
Answer:
I think the Townshend Acts were passed in 1776 by parliament
Explanation:
I remember from social studies class but I think it's correct :)
Answer:
For Jared Diamond, some countries became dominant due to geographic luck.
Explanation:
According to Jared Diamond, some countries in Asia and Europe were very fortunate geographically and that was what allowed these countries to become dominant. This is because these countries (like some of their colonies) were positioned in areas with great agricultural and technological potential. This caused these countries to prosper greatly and become the richest countries in the world.
FALSE. S<span>ocieties developed monetary commodity systems way before the mid-nineteenth century.
Monetary commodity systems or commodity money systems refers to precious metals and other commodities that have intrinsic or natural value. Examples of these commodities are gold and silver which were formed into coins and used to pay off goods bought and services rendered. </span>
