Think about what happened to standard oil. write a paragraph in which you explain whether or not you agree with the actions taken by the government to interfere with the growth of standard oil as a monopoly. use details from the lesson and reading.

The United States government was correct in interfering with the growth of Standard Oil. Not only was the company taking advantage of existing situations, but eventually it would have controlled the oil market entirely. If Standard Oil was able to gain control of the market for a long period of time, consumers could have had to pay extremely high prices for the oil that they needed, limiting their purchase of other goods. Or Sample response: The United States government should not have interfered with the growth of Standard Oil. Because the company had managed to reduce production costs, it was able to offer very low prices to consumers. This benefited many Americans. Without the company's production benefits, citizens were not able to take advantage of this infrastructure.

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on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

the culture of the americas was influenced by the language, food, and music of africa.

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