The ________ Act of 1917 boosted the tax rate sharply to finance the American war effort
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: War Revenue
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Which of the following is not true about the "hippies"?
A) ?They rejected the use of drugs as they wanted nothing impure in their bodies. B) ?They embraced sexual revolution. C) ?They embraced collective living. D) ?They embraced Eastern religion and spirituality. E) ?They embraced a new form of rock n' roll which was rooted in radical politics.
During the 1950s, most Americans who were poor
a. were nonwhite. b. lived in households headed by a person with an eighth-grade education or less. c. were over sixty-five and lived on fixed incomes. d. lived in households headed by a single woman.
The "well field system"
a. was an animistic belief designed to protect the health of the land. b. allowed peasants plots of their own to work, as well as working the lands of their lords. c. was developed only in the first century, in response to the rise of socialist thought. d. was a water-diversion system which insured that every farm had the amount of water it needed. e. was originally developed by Aryan invaders to improve agricultural productivity in western China.
Which of the following statements accurately describes urban growth in the late 19th century
A) While Atlantic seaboard cities like New York and Boston grew dramatically, interior cities like Cincinnati did not. B) The population of American cities grew on average 25 percent between the Civil War and 1900. C) Urban areas remained about the same size as people tried to stay in more rural communities. D) Urban populations grew dramatically with cities such as Chicago growing by over 400 percent. E) City managers carefully planned and monitored urban growth before 1900.