In the minds of most Americans of European descent in the early nineteenth century, the West
a. was an uninhabitable wilderness.
b. represented a place where they could own land and achieve economic independence.
c. consisted of a hodge-podge of cultures that could never be assimilated into the nation.
d. was a peaceful and idyllic area.
b
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The announcement of a ten percent wage cut by U.S. Steel initiated a wave of wage cuts and layoffs that influenced Hoover to
A) establish public works projects. B) lend federal money to businesses and states. C) cut all federal funding of U.S. Steel. D) give direct relief to the poor and unemployed. E) lower tariffs.
How were the lives of the elites in different countries transformed by industrialization?
What will be an ideal response?
Why did 20,000 blacks settle in places like Kansas in the 1870s?
A) to escape the "Jim Crow" South B) to take part in a new gold rush C) the government provided free land D) to take up factory labor
The "Desert Culture" was characterized by reliance on:
A) bison hunting. B) small game and plant foraging. C) intensive maize cultivation. D) fish and sea mammals.