During the 1970s, __________
A) real wages declined
B) the number of Americans living in poverty fell
C) unemployment reached a peak of 21 percent
D) the gap between the rich and poor narrowed
Answer: A
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A) Prussia and Austria. B) Denmark and Norway. C) Poland and England. D) Sweden and Russia. E) Holland and France.
Machiavelli wrote The Prince in the hope that the
a. French would restore political order in Italy. b. pope would actively promote a worldly order of Christians. c. Italian ruler would emerge from the Medici family. d. Spanish would remove the French from Italy.
The enumerated articles of the Navigation Acts were goods that:
A) could be transported to the Mediterranean region. B) could be sold only within the English colonies in North America. C) the colonists could sell to the French. D) the colonists could sell only to England. E) English merchants were already selling in the mother country.
Economic problems during the early 1970s included which of the following?
A) lowering energy costs B) low inflation C) 25 percent unemployment D) increased gas prices