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A) high salaries of union members B) good times in outdated industries like coal mining C) purchase of factory goods by families of average income D) Unequal income distribution, specifically poor agricultural workers.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