A) The Great Depression B) The Grapes of Wrath C) The Dust Bowl D) Black Tuesday
A) encouraged his workers to join trade unions. B) paid his workers far below average factory wages. C) hired skilled workers who worked by hand. D) equipped his factory with an assembly line.
A) Hoovervilles. B) Okies. C) migrants. D) hoboes.
A) St. Louis B) Chicago C) Harlem D) Detroit
A) good times in outdated industries like coal mining B) purchase of factory goods by families of average income C) Unequal income distribution, specifically poor agricultural workers. D) high salaries of union members
A) a rise in organized crime B) the Great Migration C) fundamentalism D) World War I
A) cities to the country B) the rural south to the industrialized cities of the northern great lakes region C) west Africa to the United States D) the deep south to the western cities like Los Angeles
A) allow Britain to avoid tariffs on oil B) pay oil companies to drill on private land C) lobby legislators to limit the amount of land set aside for nature preserves D) accept bribes from oil companies to drill on federal lands for low rates instead of competive bidding
A) reaction, response and resignation B) revolt, relief and renewal C) relief, recovery and reforms D) review relocation and revolution
A) regain faith in the financial markets B) cope with poverty C) establish a minimum wage D) establish unions
A) not share equaly in society's wealth B) be divided by economic class C) share equally in society's wealth D) have private property
A) Harding looked like a president and Coolidge did not B) Coolidge's presidency greatly increased the size of the American Government C) Coolidge had numerous scandals during his presidency D) Harding's presidency was marked by numerous scandals
A) he put more emphasis on international trade that he did on the American economy B) he started too many government aid programs and lacked business sense C) he grew rich while the American people suffered D) he did not fully grasp or care about how desperate the American people were
A) Works Progress Administration B) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation C) Social Security Act D) Securities Exchange Commission
A) installment buying or buying on credit B) the barter system C) delayed gratification D) name brand recognition
A) investor anxiety B) unemployment among young men C) clear-cutting in old-growth forests D) poor wages for factory workers
A) fundamentalism B) values C) evolution D) urbanization
A) demand for agricultural products was higher than supply B) American farms were depleted during World War I C) the United States passed a tariff on foreign agricultural products D) competition grew when European farmers returned to their fields
A) dams B) shacks C) banks D) vacuum cleaners |