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 B) purchase of factory goods by families of average income C) good times in outdated industries like coal mining D) high salaries of union members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