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A) high salaries of union members B) good times in outdated industries like coal mining C) purchase of factory goods by families of average income D) Unequal income distribution, specifically poor agricultural workers.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