Author Question: Which of the following best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward ... (Read 59 times)

mspears3 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?

A) busting more trusts during the war years than in the preceding dozen years.
B) deregulating most of the transportation and communications industries.
C) operating the railroads and creating five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities.
D) proclaiming that the war for democracy would be won by showing the world that private industry could do the job without regulation.
E) imposing many new regulations on business and industry but supervised them with a minimum of bureaucracy.

Question 2

Which of the following accurately describes Franz Ferdinand's importance?

A) His coup d'tat in Germany led that country to declare war on Russia and France.
B) His studies of malaria allowed the U.S. Corps of Engineers to successfully deal with mosquitoes and build the Panama Canal.
C) His assassination sparked World War I.
D) His rise to the throne of Great Britain guaranteed Anglo-American cooperation.
E) His failure to make a firm stand against Serbia led to World War I.