For the United States, in preparing to wage the war, one positive outcome of the Great Depression was
A) citizens were already used to poor pay, poor food, and hard work or no work.
B) the banks had huge reserves of funds to loan the government.
C) many people had moved from rural areas to the cities.
D) nearly half the nation's factories were idle.
Answer: D
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A) seclusion of women B) vaccination for smallpox C) creation of harams D) entry of women into trade
During the Civil War, northern African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that
A) it was the best way to prevent blacks from being drafted. B) blacks were more resistant to the diseases that ravaged white soldiers in the garrisons. C) blacks would get to see their loved ones in the South only by fighting for the Union. D) by cooperating during the war they would be rewarded with greater civil rights after the war. E) black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the totalitarian state in the 1930s?
A. It was democratic and championed individualism and democratic freedoms. B. It was an all-compassing, authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs, and employed police power and mass propaganda to achieve total control. C. It limited its authoritarian dictates to the political and economic aspects of the state's affairs, in an effort to have freer social and cultural choices serve as means of placating the masses. D. It wanted the masses to keep quiet and not obstruct state policy. E. It depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies.
Like New York, the New Jersey colony
A. quickly developed a strong local government. B. had few slaves during its early existence. C. developed an important class of large landowners. D. was characterized by a unified and generally peaceful society. E. had great ethnic and religious diversity.