In the wake of skyrocketing oil prices, the United States experienced
a. rising unemployment accompanied by a serious inflationary spiral.
b. stable employment but soaring inflation that reduced buying power.
c. stability in the cost of living but near-depression levels of unemployment.
d. a reduction in unemployment accompanied by double-digit inflation.
a
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Charles G. Finney is most closely associated with:
A) the Second Great Awakening. B) developing the American System. C) financing the Erie Canal. D) innovations in textile manufacturing.
The most extraordinary example of the contradictory Tang trends towards both greater restrictiveness and wider latitude in personal behavior was the Tang Empress____________.
a. Ningzong b. Wu Zetian c. Kangxi d. Huizong of Yuan
Catholic immigrants from Germany and Ireland often
A) participated in the Second Great Awakening. B) supported the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. C) objected to demands for prohibition of all alcohol. D) became leaders in the temperance movement.
What accounted for the large population densities among the Creek, Choctaw and Cherokee peoples in the era prior to contact with European explorers?
a. They knew how to aggressively manipulate nature. b. Their cultures revered motherhood, which inspired high birth rates. c. They developed a rich diet based on maize, beans, and squash. d. They successfully defeated their enemies and incorporated captives into their societies. e. They deliberately set massive forest fires to create better hunting habitats.