The Civilian Conservation Corps
A) put five million young men and women to work in camps across the country.
B) was a conservative political youth club.
C) employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.
D) brought together business leaders to draft codes of fair competition.
E) was the precursor to the National Guard.
C
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Why did Roosevelt oppose the plans of Churchill and Stalin for the Balkans?
A. He believed they were against the spirit of Wilson's Fourteen Points. B. He wanted to set up American spheres of influence in the same areas of Europe as Britain. C. He feared British spheres of influence would hurt American trade and financial interests in Europe. D. He had promised the Soviet Union that no nation would set up spheres of influence.
In Jay's Treaty, the British
a. pledged to stop seizing American ships. b. released Americans from their pre-Revolutionary War debt obligations to British merchants. c. promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest. d. refused to pay damages for seizures of American ships. e. promised to stop supplying weapons to the Indians.
All of the following legislation passed during the 1911 California legislative session except
a. several bills to promote direct democracy. b. the end to the direct election of U.S. senators. c. overhaul of the state's regulation of railroads and privately owned utility companies. d. child labor and workers' compensation legislation.
What was the second serfdom?
A) The second period of servitude in a feudal system before a serf can be emancipated B) The servitude forced upon peasants by the Ottoman Turks when the conquered the Balkans C) The term modern scholars use to characterize the revival of serfdom in eastern Europe after the Black Death D) The servitude forced upon the peasants by entrepreneurs in the domestic system E) The condition of peasants serving in monasteries after the Black Death