The fate of most of the Okies and other Dust Bowl migrants who headed west to California was that they
a. acquired farms in the San Joaquin Valley.
b. found steady work in the canning industry.
c. found themselves mired in poverty, squalor, and lack of economic opportunity in the San Joaquin Valley.
d. joined reactionary, quasi-fascist organizations in protest of Roosevelt's economic policies.
e. formed mutually supportive evangelical religious communes.
c
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After the Indian defeat in Metacom's War, many of the surviving Indians were confined to enclaves or __________
A) executed for treason B) sold as slaves in the West Indies C) driven over their lands to the western frontier D) became forced laborers on English farms
Radical Republicans in Congress initially believed that Andrew Johnson would support their program
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following was NOT a new technology of the Third Industrial Revolution?
a. lasers b. automation c. robotry d. steel e. computers
By 1800, one-fifth of the US federal budget was allocated to
a. pay bribes to the Barbary pirates in north Africa. b. develop manufacturing and industry along the lines of Hamilton's ideas. c. purchase large fleets of naval frigates to protect US merchant ships. d. expansion to western lands.