Farmers during the 1980s
a. enjoyed good times like the rest of America.
b. were insulated from the unemployment that ravaged manufacturing centers early in the decade.
c. saw a dramatic increase in bankruptcies.
d. supported Democrats who voted consistently for higher farm subsidies.
C
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A. Dutch B. Scottish C. German D. Irish
The McNary-Haugen Plan, which was introduced in Congress repeatedly in the 1920s, was intended to provide support for
A) ?agriculture. B) ?banking. C) ?hydroelectric power plants. D) ?railroad construction.
Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden entered the Thirty Years' War because he ______________.
A. wanted to support the Bohemian Protestant nobility B. wanted to expand Swedish power in the Baltics and feared a Catholic Germany would limit his plans C. wanted to prevent Russia from coming to the aid of the Germans D. was trying to form a trade agreement with the Dutch Republic, and it supported the Protestant faction E. wanted to suppress ideas of absolutism under the Holy Roman emperor
Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, dealt with
A. the qualities of the upper class. B. the need to return to a more rural and natural life. C. the dehumanization of mass communications. D. his belief that religious organizations were perverting society. E. social dislocations and injustices of the present.