During the 1920s, in key industries __________.
a. wages rose faster than inflation
b. productive efficiency grew faster than wages
c. productive capacity grew faster than consumer demand
d. consumer demand grew faster than inflation
c. productive capacity grew faster than consumer demand
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What were writs of assistance?
A) search warrants used by the British customs collectors to catch colonial smugglers B) committees set up in each colony to maintain communication among the colonies and coordinate acts of resistance C) petitions colonists sent to Parliament to protest the Sugar Act D) promises made by leaders of the popular faction that they stood ready to help colonial leaders resist British taxes
A group of writers who helped to define the social question were called __________ by their critics.
A. communal economists B. utopian socialists C. radical socialists D. rational economists
Canals in early nineteenth-century America __________
A) linked the Atlantic coastal cities to the lakes and rivers of the interior B) were very profitable C) competed successfully with railroads D) were financed through federal and state government funds E) led to spectacular canal boat accidents that claimed many lives
Transportation in colonial America was
a. surprisingly fast for the time. b. safer by road than by any other means. c. slow by any of the means available. d. so poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s. e. fast only on the waterways.