Question 1
Horizontal integration is the merger of
A) competitors in the same industry.
B) competitors in different industries.
C) a variety of unrelated businesses.
D) private and public industries.
Question 2
When Mark Hanna said that John D. Rockefeller was sane in every respect save onehe was money mad he meant Rockefeller
A) hated money.
B) knew how to make a lot of money.
C) went from very poor to very rich quickly.
D) went from very rich to very poor quickly.
Question 3
The term watering the stock is a reference to Daniel Drew and his practice of
A) overwatering his garden so that crops would appear early in the season.
B) adding water to soup stock so that it could feed more people.
C) adding water to alcohol and then raising the price per bottle.
D) feeding his cattle salt and then giving them all the water they could drink, thereby bloating the cattle and fetching a higher price.
Question 4
A boom-and-bust cycle means
A) a cycle in capitalist economies where increases in economic growth are followed by subsequent loss in profits and jobs.
B) a cycle in capitalist economies where decreases in economic growth are followed by subsequent gains in profits and jobs.
C) a cycle in communist economies where increases in economic growth are followed by subsequent loss in profits and jobs.
D) a spike in economic growth followed by a leveling off of profit.