Author Question: Standard Oil's monopoly a. depended entirely on the company's domination of the Asian, African, ... (Read 63 times)

theo · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

The Western presence in Africa left a legacy that

a. was entirely negative.
b. disappeared immediately when the colonial powers withdrew.
c. was overwhelmingly positive in its impact.
d. mixed, with both positive and negative results.
e. disappeared immediately when the colonial powers withdrew and was overwhelmingly positive in its impact.

Question 2

Standard Oil's monopoly

a. depended entirely on the company's domination of the Asian, African, and Latin American export markets.
b. increased the price of petroleum products by more than two thirds.
c. grew even bigger with oil discoveries in Texas at the turn of the century.
d. had the legal form of a holding company in the state of New Jersey.