Many farmers of the Great Plains turned to growing wheat because __________
A) the market for corn and cotton no longer existed
B) farmers in the East had a monopoly on all other products
C) it was more resistant to drought than corn
D) the government subsidized small farmers' efforts to grow it
Answer: C
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The Works Progress Administration of 1935
A. displayed very little flexibility or imagination. B. was much larger than previous programs of its kind. C. provided mostly "make-work" jobs to the unemployed. D. was under the direction of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. E. gave federal relief money to those deemed "unemployable."
Who were the "talented tenth"?
A) They were the most wealthy and influential group of whites; Washington felt all blacks should try to aspire to be like them. B) They were the top ten percent of black society; leaders like Du Bois felt that this group should lead blacks to greater social and political equality. C) They were the best group of working class students each year from Tuskegee; Washington generally rewarded them with land of their own to begin their own farms. D) They were the top ten percent of young female black students who were rewarded by Du Bois with jobs in the North.
The Platt Amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from __________
A) Guam B) Puerto Rico C) Philippines D) Cuba
In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt
a. oversaw enactment of a national plan for resource management. b. believed that the government should manage and control lands in the public domain. c. substantially restricted the wasteful practices of timber and mining companies. d. persuaded Congress to impose a special conservation tax on timber, oil, and mining companies.