To Improve the Outcome of Helping Producers in a Small

question 143

Multiple Choice

To improve the outcome of helping producers in a small nation, the targeting principle says to use the technique that:

• A) is least costly.
• B) achieves the objective most directly.
• C) hurts the fewest consumers.
• D) does not involve government intervention.

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Definitions:

Free Blacks

African Americans who were not enslaved before the abolition of slavery, living either by manumission, birth to free parents, or in regions where slavery was not enforced.

State Constitution

The fundamental legal document outlining the structure, functions, and principles of government within a specific state, subordinate to the federal constitution.

Missouri Compromise

An agreement passed in 1820 that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30′ latitude.

Free State

Denotes a state in which slavery was not legally permitted, especially in the context of pre-Civil War United States.