The federal regulatory board, established in 1887 by Congress to supervise the affairs of railroads, investigate complaints, and issue "cease and desist" orders against railroads acting illegally, was the
A) Federal Railroad Commission.
B) Interstate Commerce Commission.
C) Federal Transportation Board.
D) General Services Administration.
B
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How did the consumer goods revolution contribute to the great crash of 1929?
a. Because of the availability of durable goods that did not need to be regularly replaced, production outpaced demand, which led to wide-scale layoffs. b. Mass produced consumer goods were of such poor quality that people eventually stopped purchasing them and industry began to falter. c. The consumer goods revolution contributed to a lack of confidence in the strength of the American economic system. d. The consumer goods revolution led to an increase in home construction that eventually crashed due to overproduction. e. Beneficiaries of the consumer goods revolution did not invest their money in the stock exchange.
Woodrow Wilson gained the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 on the first ballot
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
After the stock market crashed in October of 1929, President Hoover responded by
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The center of the North Sea/Baltic trade route in northern Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, and an important center of woolen cloth production, was
A) Stockholm. B) Novgorod. C) Edinburgh. D) Hamburg. E) Flanders.