Advanced Placement (AP)
The seventeenth century saw the heyday of the [European] East India Companies. They became an inevitable part of the politics and economy of South India, finding their way into the society and even the vocabulary of the local people. The kumbini,* as the local populace called it, was not to be ignored. As with the rest [of the population], the spinners and weavers, the washers, the dyers and the once powerful textile-merchant guilds had their links with the company [warehouses]. Of course there were also those merchants and weavers who operated independently of the company, but their proportion was small. With the establishment of the rival European companies in the seventeenth century, the lives of the weavers [of South India] no longer revolved around the temple but around the European [warehouses] and the towns [on the outskirts of European trading posts]. The weavers gradually began losing their bargaining power and independence. . . . Their creativity also suffered since they were compelled to copy mechanically the [designs] provided to them [by the companies officials]. Economically they were much worse off. *a Tamil pronunciation of the word company Vijaya Ramaswamy, Indian historian, book published in 198In your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable. Use the passage to answer all parts of the question that follows.a) Identify ONE claim made in the passage.b) Describe ONE reason why European trading companies became an inevitable part of the politics and economy of South India and other regions of Asia in the period 14501750.c) Explain ONE piece of evidence from the period 14501750 that would complicate the portrayal of the economic relationship between Asian and European producers and merchants provided in the second paragraph.
Explain the failures of compromise and the mounting sectional rifts that led to the Civil War.(a) In 23 sentences, explain how the war represented an extension of earlier and ongoing conflicts.(b) In 23 sentences, explain how the war resolvedor failed to resolvethe issues at the root of the war.Use the excerpt from Clays Resolutions of 1850 to answer the question.It being desirable, for the peace, concord, and harmony of the Union of these States, to settle and adjust amicably all existing questions of controversy between them aris- ing out of the institution of slavery upon a fair, equitable and just basis: therefore,1. Resolved, That California, with suitable boundaries, ought, upon her application to be admitted as one of the States of this Union, without the imposition by Congress of any restriction in respect to the exclusion or in- troduction of slavery within those bound- aries.2. Resolved, That as slavery does not exist by law, and is not likely to be introduced into any of the territory acquired by the United States from the republic of Mexico, it is in- expedient for Congress to provide by law either for its introduction into, or exclusion from, any part of the said territory; and that appropriate territorial governments ought to be established by Congress in all of the said territory , not assigned as the boundaries of the proposed State of California, without the adoption of any restriction or condition on the subject of slavery.5. Resolved, That it is inexpedient to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia whilst that institution continues to exist in the State of Maryland, without the consent of that State, without the consent of the people of the District, and without just compensation to the owners of slaves within the District.6. But, resolved, That it is expedient to prohibit, within the District, the slave trade in slaves brought into it from States or places beyond the limits of the District, either to be sold therein as merchandise, or to be trans- ported to other markets without the District of Columbia.7. Resolved, That more effectual provision ought to be made by law, according to the requirement of the constitution, for the restitution and delivery of persons bound to serv- ice or labor in any State, who may escape into any other State or Territory in the Union. And,8. Resolved, That Congress has no power to promote or obstruct the trade in slaves be- tween the slaveholding States; but that the admission or exclusion of slaves brought from one into another of them, depends exclusively upon their own particular laws.
HELP NOW, PLEASE. WILL MARK BRAINLIEST ONLY ON B-E, PLEASEEEInclude correctly labeled diagrams, if useful or required, in explaining your answers. A correctly labeled diagram must have all axes and curves clearly labeled and must show directional changes. If the question prompts you to Calculate, you must show how you arrived at your final answer.Soybeans are produced and sold in a perfectly competitive market. The fertilizers used in soybean production generate a negative externality by seeping liquid contaminants into local rivers.(a) Draw a correctly labeled graph of the soybean market, and show each of the following.(i) The marginal private cost, labeled MPC(ii) The marginal social cost, labeled MSC(iii) The marginal social benefit, labeled MSB(iv) The market equilibrium quantity, labeled QC(v) The socially optimal quantity, labeled QS(vi) The area of the deadweight loss, shaded completely(b) Assume the government sets a binding price floor such that the quantity demanded in the market is between QS and QC.(i) What will happen to the quantity produced?(ii) Will the price floor reduce the deadweight loss? Explain.(c) Assume instead of a price floor, the government decides to impose a lump-sum tax. What will happen to the socially optimal quantity? Explain.(d) Assume instead of a lump-sum tax, the government decides to impose a per-unit tax equal to the marginal external cost.(i) On your graph in part (a), indicate the new market equilibrium quantity, labeled QN.(ii) What will happen to the deadweight loss? Explain.(e) If this market were a monopoly with identical cost conditions, would the monopolys profit-maximizing quantity be greater than, less than, or equal to QC?