Question

The American Marconi Company had trouble developing as a business after World War I in part because the U.S. Navy did not want a foreign-controlled company wielding so much power in the field of emergent radio technologies.

a) true
b) false

Answer 1

Correct Answer:

a) true

Step-by-step explanation:

The American Marconi Company was a British based company founded by Marconi. He had wanted to create an international wireless monopoly in United States of America. However, the United States government opposed the creation of a foreign-owned wireless monopoly.

After the war, the US Navy wanted wireless to continue to be a government-controlled monopoly. When they were unable to achieve this, the US Navy recommended that, an American-owned company be established to control the manufacture and marketing of wireless in the United States.

As a result, the government-sponsored Radio Corporation of America was created to take over the assets of Marconi’s American company.