The available options are:
(1) Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful.
(2) Strong labor unions are essential to the health of the economy.
(3) Natural resources belong to all citizens and should not be used for private gain.
(4) Concentrating economic power in the hands of a few individuals is a threat to the country.
Answer:
Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful
Explanation:
The statement best describes an attitude shared by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan is "Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful."
This is evident in the fact that all these three aforementioned wealthy Americans were popularly known for their tendency to develop any form of monopoly in their various business industry.
To them, the existence of economic competition leads to inefficiency. Hence, they always prefer to eliminate the competition, before committing massive investments for the needed growth and development, instead of outwitting the competitors.
Answer: d. All of the above
Explanation:
The Rocky Mountain Fur Company was founded by William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry in 1822 to get beaver fur and they were so good at western exploration that they inspired folklore some of which were inspired by their rivalries with other fur companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company.
They were divided into engages, skin trappers and free trappers which was the division that the famous Joe Meek and Kit Carson were part of. They had to shut down over a decade later however when their business model was no longer sustainable.
Martin Luther King Jr was against racism
Answer: b. James A. Garfield.
Explanation: From to 1851 to 1854 he studied at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute [later named Hiram College] in Hiram, Ohio. He then moved to Williams University in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was a member of the Delta Epsilon brotherhood. He graduated in 1856 as an exceptional student who excelled in all subjects except chemistry. He later taught classical languages at the Eclectic Institute during the academic year 1856-1857 and was appointed director of the institute from 1857 until 1860. Garfield decided that academic life was not for him and he studied law on his own. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1860. As an anecdote, it should be noted that he was an amateur mathematician and published an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem [New England Journal of Education]
