The key to the new affluence of the 1920s lay in _____

A) new methods of business organization
B) the discovery of new sources of raw materials
C) better methods of financing business
D) a more skilled work force
E) new forms of technology


Ans: E) new forms of technology

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The "reptile brood" referred to by Johann Most were

a. the poor. b. mercenaries. c. the entire elite. d. politicians.

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Increased agricultural production contributed to industrialization primarily

A) because European food exports to the rest of the world brought in the necessary capital. B) by creating the capacity to feed a large class of industrial workers. C) by eliminating rural poverty. D) by easing social tensions. E) as a result of farm-labor collectives.

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Which of the following supports the view of the 1920s as “the ballyhoo years”?

a)  spectators cheering Gertrude Ederle’s swim across the English Channel b)  the American Legion’s insistence on cultural and political conformity c)  Progressive efforts to enforce Prohibition and limit immigration d)  Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s roundup of foreign-born radicals

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What became the staple currency of Western Europe in 1944?

a. U. S. dollar b. Soviet ruble c. Euro d. Yen e. British pounds

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