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 B) high salaries of union members C) good times in outdated industries like coal mining D) purchase of factory goods by families of average income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