The term "Hoovervilles" refers to
a. industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived.
b. shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression.
c. picket lines erected by the Bonus Army in their protest against Washington D.C.
d. breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry during the Great Depression.
e. cities hardest hit by the Great Depression - with the highest unemployment and poverty rates.
b
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Italian women coming to the United States differed from other immigrant women in that they
A) preferred not to work. B) were largely literate. C) rarely worked outside the home. D) married very late.
Study of the Iceman and the materials found with him suggest that he was most likely to have been a
A) hunter or shepherd. B) soldier. C) tradesman. D) farmer or gatherer. E) homeless nomad.
What evidence demonstrates that the Shang ruling elite believed the king was an intermediary between heaven and earth?
A. The written records created by Shang leaders B. The history written by Sima Qian C. The works of Confucius D. The inscriptions on oracle bones E. The engravings on bronze castings
In its early years, the United Nations was successful in
a. preserving peace in several hot spots like Iran. b. guiding several former colonies to independent nationhood. c. establishing international control over atomic technology. d. helping to create the new Jewish state of Israel. e. establishing international health, science, and food agencies.