During the Depression, charitable organizations tried to help the urban poor by opening soup kitchens
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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A) Treaty of Paris B) Proclamation of 1763 C) Northwest Ordinance D) Louisiana Purchase
Which of the following was a reason for the decline in inflation during the first years of Reagan's presidency?
A. A decline in the value of the dollar on foreign exchange markets B. The Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates on bank loans to an unprecedented level C. The end of federal health and safety regulations on businesses D. A substantial decline in the balance-of-trade deficit
Which of the following statements best describes warfare between the Japanese soldiers and American Marines?
A) They respected each other's dead, wounded, and prisoners. B) They utterly hated each other and committed numerous atrocities. C) They both fought desperately, but surrendered when it was clear that they could not prevail. D) all of these choices. E) none of these choices.
Rising fears of subversion led the California legislature to pass a criminal syndicalism law which
a. prohibited the use of public facilities to promote "one hundred percent Americanism." b. prohibited the use of public facilities to promote labor organizing among veterans and inspired the formation of the American Legion. c. made it a crime to form syndicates that promoted economic and government reform that encouraged independent thinking and collective activity. d. made it a crime to advocate changes in the economy and government in line with goals of the IWW and the Communist Party.