Reforming Business and Government

Question 1

What did reformers claim?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: The government should regulate businesses.; C: Regulation helps consumers.; E: Monopolies succeed because they have an unfair advantage.

Question 2

Choose the proper word(s) to complete each of the following statements about the Sherman Antitrust Act.1. The act was designed to the power of monopolies and trusts.

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A: limit

Question 3

Read this quotation by G. W. Plunkitt, a Tammany Hall boss and New York senator.What does Plunkitt describe as honest graft?

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C: Using inside knowledge to profit from city construction projects

Question 4

What did supporters of laissez-faire claim?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: Regulation hurts consumers.; C: The government should not interfere with business practices.; D: Regulations increase costs.

Question 5

2. The act lead to many successful government prosecutions.

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B: did not

Question 6

3. The fact that the act did not define the terms “monopoly” and “trust” the act.

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A: weakened

Question 7

4. Support from the federal courts would have made the act effective.

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B: more

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