In the 1920s, President Coolidge famously said, "They hired the money, didn't they?" What situation was he referring to?
A) financing German reparation payments to the Allies with American capital
B) French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr Valley after Germany missed a reparation
payment
C) a reduction of overseas loans by American bankers after the stock market crash
D) opposition to canceling the repayment of World War I war debts by the Allies
D
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In London, what group excluded women from its ranks, claiming that discussion of primitive people was an unfit subject for females?
A. The Ethnological Society B. The Geological Society C. The Society of Ethnological Enlightenment D. The League for Social Order E. The National Geographic Society
Which of the following did U.S. citizens of English descent tend to support in the war?
A) Britain and its allies B) the Central Powers C) neutrality in any conflict D) any movement to stop the conflict E) an armed truce to stay out of war
The fewest immigrants in the 1880s went to this region of the United States
A) the South B) the Pacific Coast C) the Northwest D) the Southwest
In contrast to traditional societies, in industrialized societies, ________.
A. children are necessary as workers B. children are a big economic liability C. children are expected to support parents financially in their old age D. a high birthrate is necessary to insure some children survive into adulthood