Use the Following Two Columns of Items to Answer the Matching

question 7

Multiple Choice

Use the following two columns of items to answer the matching questions below:
-IPO

• A)first offering of a firm's stock to the public
• B)financial instruments that represent partial ownership of a firm
• C)investors owning this type of stock have priority over common stockholders in receiving dividends
• D)individual investors who buy and sell stocks within a day
• E)market where existing securities are sold
• F)professionals responsible for clients' funds
• G)facilities that allow investors to purchase or sell existing stocks
• H)debt instruments issued by the government or corporations to borrow money from investors

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Definitions:

Hawaii Annexation

The process by which Hawaii became a part of the United States in 1898, marking the expansion of U.S. territory in the Pacific.

Congress

The legislative body of the United States government, consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives, responsible for creating laws.

Desegregated Regiments

Military units in which members of different races are integrated, as opposed to segregated units which were racially divided.

Platt Amendment

An amendment to a U.S. Army appropriations bill in 1901, establishing the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba and "guarantee" Cuban independence.