Historians Attempting to

question 94

Multiple Choice

Historians attempting to

• A) they were rabble-rousing foreigners who sought to change the American system.
• B) they were middle-class people threatened by both the emerging power of corporations and the restless working class.
• C) they were established business leaders who successfully directed reform to their own purposes.
• D) they were members of a self-confident new group that saw science and technology as a way to rationalize and modernize social institutions.
• E) they were women and feminists who sought to improve society via the creation of a welfare state.

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Definitions:

Dividend

A distribution of profits by a company to its shareholders, typically in the form of a payment.

Cumulative Preferred Stock

Preferred stock where dividends accumulate if not paid as scheduled, needing to be fulfilled before common stock dividends.

Common Stock

A type of security that represents ownership in a corporation, giving shareholders voting rights and a claim on profits in the form of dividends.

Dividend

A disbursement from a corporation to its stockholders, often derived from earnings.