The term __________ has been used to describe what seems to be a growing American passion for and obsession with buying goods and services.
a. hyperconsumption
b. ultra capitalism
c. consumer debt crisis
d. object obsession
a. hyperconsumption
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When banks confiscated the property of farmers who defaulted on loans, farmers influenced the sale of this property by
A) intimidating potential buyers by hanging nooses on barn doors. B) negotiating directly with bankers to lease back their property. C) damaging or even destroying the property before it was seized by the bank. D) conspiring to drive up the price of the property. E) buying each other's property for a penny at auction and then creating co-ops.
The major development in popular music during the 1930s, exemplified by Benny Goodman, was:
A) rock and roll. B) cool jazz. C) folk music. D) swing.
The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
A. returned Florida to Spanish control. B. brought New Orleans into the United States. C. settled the Florida question once and for all. D. was nullified by the terms of the Louisiana Purchase E. gave Spain control of the Pacific Northwest.
The event that contributed most to ending the Southern anti-slavery movement was
a) Garrison's publication of the Liberator. b) the lynching of Elijah Lovejoy. c) the publication of the Boston Commercial Gazette. d) the Nat Turner Revolt. e) British abolitionist George Thompson's fiery speaking tour throughout the South.