The experience that the donner party had shows that
a. the leaders of the donner party were inexperienced.
b. traveling the oregon trail was hazardous.
c. people in that time period did not know how to travel over mountains.
d. most people died traveling to california.

Before tuberculosis was understood to be a communicable disease, and before the discovery of antibiotics to treat it, a major outbreak could kill or cripple a significant portion of a nation’s labor force. how would such an event affect the economy? illustrate the effect by dragging to shift either the aggregate demand curve or the long-run aggregate supply curve.

The banking act of 1933, also known as the glass-steagall act, established the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic), which a protected banks from failure by ensuring that the government would bail them out if necessary. b required american taxpayers to establish an account with a commercial bank. c protected depositors from financial losses when banks failed.

“obamacare”: included a provision for government-run health insurance called “the public option.” was bitterly opposed by congressional republicans because most favored a “single-payer” plan. survived two challenges to its constitutionality. was partially repealed in 2013 in order to avert a government shutdown. led to the expansion of medicaid in republican controlled states.