Which combination of factors contributed to the economic downturn of the 1970s?
A) a sharp increase in defense spending alongside tax cuts
B) a shrinking job market and rising energy costs fueled by strife overseas
C) deficit spending by the government alongside a credit crunch due to decreasing interest rates
D) an increase in high-tech jobs requiring advanced degrees and the outsourcing of low-skilled jobs
E) expensive interventions in the Middle East and declining prices and wages at home
B
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What was the principal reason for the common themes of despair in the works of "lost generation" writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway?
A. nativist politics and the general mood of racism in northern cities B. the strength of big business and the rise of a consumerist culture C. the secularization of governments and the rise of modernist religions D. the abandonment of simple rural values and the traditional way of life
Half a million Americans died in 1918 and 1919 from
a. starvation b. influenza. c. smallpox d. battle wounds.
Oregon progressives were particularly known for __________ through their adoption of the direct primary, initiative, and referendum.
A. public educational reform B. civil service reforms C. environmental policies D. strengthening direct democracy
The new term first used around 1910 to describe an expanding agenda for the Woman
Movement was ________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word