MATCHING -Conspicuous Consumption

question 45

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
-conspicuous consumption

• A)merit system for federal employees
• B)believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom
• C)a corrupt political machine
• D)a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly
• E)Indians were not American citizens
• F)buying out one's competitors
• G)controlling every phase of a business
• H)broke up tribal lands
• I)Spending money simply to show off wealth
• J)survival of the fittest
• K)covered in gold
• L)covered thousands of acres

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