URP 337 Spring 1999
Quiz 12, 17 May 1999
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Which of the following was not mentioned
by Perry as one of the three areas of debate about the federal government's
role in building infrastructure in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Whether it had the technical expertise to build infrastructure.
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Perry (citing NY Senator Willam Seward)
identifies several important reasons that the U.S. did not follow the European
model for the development of infrastructure in the first half of the 19th
Century. Which of the following is not one of the reasons? Unlike Europe,
people in the U.S. all spoke the same language (This not only is not one
of the reasons; it is false).
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What does Perry mean by "federal reticence?"
The federal government was unwilling to invest funds in public infrastructure
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Which of the following public health
issues did not contribute to support for investment in urban infrastructure
100 years ago? air pollution
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What does Perry mean by the "trapdoor,"?
privatization
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A "highly competitive mercantile environment,"
is one in which commerce (trade) is seen as the most important economic
activity.
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Something is nascent if it is just
emerging.
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Compared to the rest of the U.S., California's
electric rates are high.
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Nuclear power represents a growing
share of electric power in the U.S. It now accounts for what proportion
of electric power generation? about 7 percent
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Which of the following is not a component
of the supply of electricity? elaboration