Which of the following was true of the Florida land boom of the 1920s?
A) The collapse of the boom was due, in part, to a hurricane.
B) Most investors got rich.
C) It peaked in 1929.
D) It was not as big as the California land boom of the 1920s.
Answer: A
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A) were unsuccessful. B) were highly organized, though ineffective. C) stemmed from many motivations. D) were highly organized, and quite effective.
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a. Cyrus Field b. Thomas Edison c. Henry Bessemer d. J. P. Morgan e. George Westinghouse
What was the most significant outcome of the Boston Massacre?
a. It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops were largely symbolic and the British would back down in the face of organized resistance. b. It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops had no effective way to restore order in the colonies. c. It showed that the colonists had a better organized army than the British and would be difficult to defeat. d. It was the first act of organized resistance against the British troops in the colonies. e. It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops would resort to violence to restore order in the colonies.
Viking incursions into France finally made the weak king Charles the Simple cede to the Norse chieftain Rollo a portion of France later called
A) Alsace. B) Lorraine. C) Normandy. D) Burgundy. E) Paris.