Which of the Following Descriptions Best Fits the Carpetbaggers

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

• A) They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate.
• B) They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material.
• C) They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule.
• D) They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag.
• E) They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan.

Understand the impact of the number of firms in an industry on market models and competition levels.

Identify market models based on the level of price control within the industry.

Understand the concept of imperfect competition and its applicability across market models.

Recognize the relationship between product standardization and market competition.

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Form of cardiovascular disease characterized by the accumulation of fatty materials (usually cholesterol) in the arteries.

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A waxy type of lipid, necessary for the formation of cell membranes and certain hormones, but high levels in blood can increase heart disease risk.

Arteries

Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to various parts of the body.