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 B) good times in outdated industries like coal mining C) purchase of factory goods by families of average income D) high salaries of union members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