Which of the following was a characteristic of the American economy during the 1920s?
a. The federal government took a less active role in aiding business interests.
b. Consumerism became a major economic force as consumer protection groups abounded.
c. Increased competition within major industries led to renewed emphasis on product quality.
d. The trend toward the consolidation of economic power in the hands of oligopolies continued.
d
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a. Business laws. b. Hymns. c. Natural observations. d. Letters from Zoroaster. e. Political biographies.
All of the following were among developing industries in the New South EXCEPT
A. textiles. B. tobacco. C. steel mills. D. oil refining.
The large number of languages found in Melanesia tells us what about the inhabitants of these islands?
A. Written languages were extremely difficult to develop in the Island Pacific. B. Inhabitants of different islands had little contact with one another. C. Melanesians descended from a multitude of different settler communities. D. Exchange and contact between the inhabitants of different islands was virtually impossible until the modern era.
Although Life magazine photographer Robert Capa's images of the 1944 D-Day invasion accidentally came out blurred after a darkroom technician used too much heat to dry the film, this grainy image became iconic because it __________
A) captured the chaos and danger faced by American soldiers on the beaches of Normandy B) showed how easy the victory at Normandy was for Allied troops C) depicted the ineffective German strategy of defending its beachhead in Normandy D) revealed that the Normandy invasion was a diversion from a bigger invasion further north