The practice of shielding one or more sectors of a country’s economy from foreign competition through the use of tariffs or quotas is referred to as a. domestic imperialism. b. protectionism. c. blocked competition. d. import taxation e. trade restriction.

1. the responsibilities of the u.s. federal reserve system include overseeing the banking system and regulating the quantity of money in the economy setting the level of real interest rates working with congress to devise a financial plan for the country and execute the president's orders calculating and reporting the unemployment rate 2. to increase the supply of money when the economy is weak, the fed closes banks reduces inflation sells bonds buys bonds 3. the federal funds rate is the short-term interest rate that banks charge their best customers when borrowing banks earn on savings accounts with the fed banks charge each other when borrowing or lending to each other the fed charges banks when borrowing 4. when the fed increases the money supply and consequently lowers interest rates, the value of the dollar will rise by more in the market for foreign exchange, all else equal will fall, all else equal is not impacted by fed policy will rise, all else equal

Many planters took advantage of their sharecroppers under this system. where in the process do you see an opportunity for the planter to cheat his sharecroppers?

99 points which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems to separate the races? question 1 options: a. the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) declared segregation of schools to be unconstitutional. b. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. c. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money t o their black and white schools. d. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.