Although the first commercial television transmission occurred in 1939, why was it not until the early 1950s that television really took off with the American public?
A) American entrepreneurs were more concerned with containing communism.
B) The high rise in prices after World War II made it too expensive to afford televisions.
C) World War II slowed down the production of televisions.
D) The railroad strikes of the late 1940s hampered the growth of television production.
C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The political cartoonist who drew the picture above probably believed that
(A) European nations were pleased with aid given them by the Coolidge administration (B) governmental agencies were receiving too much financial support from the Coolidge administration (C) American industrial and commercial leaders approved of the Coolidge administration's business policies (D) consumers had benefited from the Federal Reserve's tight money policy from 1925 through 1928 (E) Congress was pleased by President Coolidge's accommodating stance toward pork-barrel legislation