Which statement about the economy of the 1920s is most accurate?
a. An agricultural boom, population growth, and weakness in Europe combined to make the United States the wealthiest nation on earth.
b. Mass production, increased per capita income, and the expansion of installment credit combined to produce enormous growth in consumer spending.
c. High unemployment and inflation undermined the real impact of economic growth.
d. High taxes and anti-business government policies slowed America’s economic growth.
b. Mass production, increased per capita income, and the expansion of installment credit combined to produce enormous growth in consumer spending.
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World War II impacted the African colonies in all the following ways EXCEPT
A) it exploded the myth of European superiority. B) it raised the expectations of the soldiers once they returned to Africa. C) it left many African cities in ruins and agricultural regions destroyed. D) the questioning of Britain and France?s motives for involving the Africans in the war. E) the Atlantic Charter.
Under the provisions of the Virginia Plan:
A) Congress would have no power to tax. B) a bicameral legislature would be organized according to state population. C) an independent chief executive elected by popular vote would check legislative power. D) a single house legislature would equally represent all states.
Generally, sharecropping families received _____ of the year's crop
A) one-tenth B) one-half C) all D) one-third
According to Dan Fodio, Muslim rulers in the past had violated the principles of proper government by all of the following means except
a. pursuing wealth and material rewards. b. eating forbidden food and drinking forbidden beverages. c. overtaxing their citizens. d. fighting unnecessary wars.