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美国历史:Business Giants & American Politics 商业巨头与美国政治(训练版)

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1.What is the lecture mainly about?

A. Ways that new managerial techniques hastened the industrialization of American society in the nineteenth century

B. Ways that the United States government tried to regulate business practices in the nineteenth century

C. Reasons that business leaders gained political power in the late nineteenth-century United

States

D. A comparison of the management styles of

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller


2. Why does the professor discuss vertical integration?

A. To explain how Andrew Carnegie gained control of the steel industry

B. To describe the most typical organization for businesses in the nineteenth century

C. To explain how John D. Rockefeller organized the oil industry

D. To explain the origins of the business trust


3. In what two ways did business leaders make a positive contribution to the United States in the nineteenth century? Click on 2 answers.

A. They invested in new production technologies

B. They raised wage levels.

C. They improved safety conditions.

D.They supported charitable causes.


4. According to the professor, what is the main reason that some businesses were able to become powerful during the nineteenth century?

A. The government assisted businesses when they had financial difficulties.

B. Taxation was based upon the profitability of a business.

C. The government did not impose many regulations on businesses.

D. Some government officials once held influential positions in large businesses.


5. Why did the government pass new laws aimed at businesses?

A. To correct mistakes made by the judicial system

B. To respond to complaints from the public

C. To increase employment rates

D. To increase tax revenue from large industries


6. What does the professor imply about the term "trust" when she says this: I don't  have to go into that now...

A. She should not have mentioned the term.

B. It is unnecessary to explain the details of the term.

C. She wants the students to explain the term to her later.

D. She wants to discuss a different term.

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