The large-scale, monopolistic businesses that dominated industries such as oil, sugar, whiskey, and meatpacking in the late 1800s are known as __________

Fill in the blank with the correct words.

Answer: trusts

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Dictum contained in a judicial opinion is always worthless because it is not specifically concerned with the facts of the case

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What event made the Democratic party skeptical of allying themselves too closely with a radical political movement?

a. Democrats felt that Ralph Nader’s Green Party cost Al Gore the election in 2000. b. The Populists supported a Democratic candidate for president in 1896, but occasionally shifted their support to like-thinking Republicans. c. They observed how the energetic Tea Party movement in 2009-2010 frustrated moderate Republicans. d. Democrats felt disdain towards the “Know Nothing” movement that opposed immigration and naturalization in the 1840s. e. The anti-business Populism of the 1930s was a threat to Democrats’ major donors.

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