The economic abundance of the 1950s _______
A) benefited all geographic regions of the country almost equally
B) virtually erased unemployment throughout the United States
C) did not benefit the steel industry and agriculture as much as other industries
D) had very little effect on the American public outside of the upper class
E) led to a surprising racial equality
Answer: C
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a. Paxton Boys. b. Sons of Liberty. c. colonial assemblies. d. "regulators." e. citizens of Pennsylvania.
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a. government subsidies b. an influx of immigrants into the cities c. low grain prices during World War I d. high grain prices during World War I
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By the end of the thirteenth century, the institutionalization of the English Parliament
a. provided the foundation for the absolute rule of the monarch. b. enabled the barons and church lords to establish themselves in the House of Commons. c. was a system of power sharing between the monarch and groups within the society. d. enabled the knights and burgesses to establish themselves in the House of Lords. e. had failed because of the impact of the Black Death.