After World War II, the use of what new technique in home-building led to the rapid development of new suburban developments such as Levittown?
A) the assembly line
B) suburban expansion
C) mass production
D) cost benefit analysis
Answer: C
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Activists, scholars and politicians mused about why socialism did not take hold in America, giving all of the following as reasons except
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Persia's strategic importance lies in its
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Why was England initially reluctant to establish an empire in the Americas?
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