Interest Group Activity Increased Considerably in the 1880s and 1890s

question 63

Multiple Choice

Interest group activity increased considerably in the 1880s and 1890s as a result of the

• A)beginning of the Civil War.
• B)Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v.Ferguson.
• C)first federal government efforts at economic intervention to fight large monopolies and to regulate some aspects of interstate commerce.
• D)Great Depression.

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Definitions:

Issuance Price

The price at which securities, such as stocks or bonds, are sold to the public or investors when they are first offered.

Market Rate

Market rate, or market interest rate, refers to the prevailing rate of interest that borrowers and lenders can expect to transact at, in the wider market.

Effective-interest Amortization

A method of calculating the amortized cost of a bond or loan by applying the effective interest rate to the outstanding balance.

Interest Payment

The payment made to a lender by a borrower in return for the use of borrowed money, typically represent a fixed percentage of the principal.