Rising Labour Costs, Higher Shipping Costs, and Public Criticisms About

question 43

True/False

Rising labour costs, higher shipping costs, and public criticisms about destroying local jobs can cause global firms to return to their home countries.

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Definitions:

Slaves

People who are legally owned by others and forced to work for them without any personal freedom or rights.

Disease Spread

The transmission of illnesses through populations via various vectors, including person-to-person contact, animals, or the environment.

Adams-Onís Treaty

An 1819 agreement between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France in 1803, wherein the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.