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 B) high salaries of union members C) purchase of factory goods by families of average income D) good times in outdated industries like coal mining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