What unique custom did New Yorkers on Fifth Avenue develop to show off their riches on the New Year?
A) inviting the poor to their homes for parties
B) leaving their curtains open
C) moving furnishings into the parks for the day
D) taking expensive presents to tenement dwellers
Answer: B
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__________ was/were the most dynamic force for racial change in the 1950s and early 1960s.
a. The federal government b. The Democratic Party c. The Republican Party d. African Americans themselves
What was one criticism of the Social Security Act?
a. Pension payments were too high and would break the federal budget. b. It included farmers and domestic servants who did not pay into the system. c. It undermined the independence and initiative of the poor. d. Social Security offered nothing to those already out of work. e. It would transfer much of the national wealth to a minority of the population.
Which of the following was true of the Florida land boom of the 1920s?
A) The collapse of the boom was due, in part, to a hurricane. B) Most investors got rich. C) It peaked in 1929. D) It was not as big as the California land boom of the 1920s.
According to Map 27.4, in what year did the Soviet offensive begin?
A) 1941 B) 1942 C) 1943 D) 1944