Which of the following is true of the Office of Price Administration?
a. It lost the support of the public because of a bribery scandal that involved the agency's director.
b. Its blatant favoritism toward business interests undermined its credibility.
c. It established a nationwide rationing program for certain consumer goods.
d. It reluctantly introduced rationing during the last months of the war.
c
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a. America needed to protect its land. b. otherwise Britain would become a world superpower. c. we owed France for helping us. d. France owned a large part of the United States.
How did economic factors affect the changing position of the United States from 1916 to 1917?
A) The United States was greatly weakened financially by World War I and saw entering the war as an economic necessity. B) The United States grew rich from its neutrality during World War I and saw joining the war as a way of increasing wealth. C) U-boat attacks increased commerce for the United States by eliminating the competition, so continued neutrality benefited the nation’s economy. D) U-boat attacks prevented the United States from trading freely with Europe and required U.S. involvement. E) U-boat attacks cost the German government millions of dollars, making them even more eager to draw the United States into the war.
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
(A) Southern Democrats threatened secession until Rutherford B. Hayes removed federal troops from the South. (B) Hayes rewarded Southern supporters by backing a plan for a railroad across Florida. (C) Hayes rewarded Northern supporters by promising to provide government aid for factory construction. (D) Hayes ordered more federal troops into the South. (E) Hayes compromised with Southern opponents removing federal troops from the South and appointing a Southerner to his cabinet.