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 B) purchase of factory goods by families of average income C) high salaries of union members D) good times in outdated industries like coal mining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