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 B) purchase of factory goods by families of average income C) high salaries of union members D) good times in outdated industries like coal mining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