The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by
a. reducing agricultural production.
b. subsidizing American farm exports overseas.
c. increasing agricultural production for certain crops in high consumer demand.
d. helping farmers to pay their mortgages.
e. creating farm cooperatives.
a
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A) idle. B) lonely. C) frivolous. D) entertaining. E) laborious.
Who was the leading financier in the United States in the early 1900s?
A) Jane Addams B) Upton Sinclair C) J. P. Morgan D) Samuel Gompers E) Henry Ford
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the declining prosperity of farmers in the 1920s?
a. European farmers resumed production after World War I. b. American farmers incurred additional debt in wartime to expand production. c. Farmers spent lavishly on expensive household goods they couldn't afford. d. Tax increases, purchases of tractors and trucks and fertilizer cut into farmers' meager earnings.
The chapter introduction tells the story of clockmaker Chauncey Jerome to make the point that
A. the intricate but comprehensible mechanism of a clock was to become the favorite metaphor for an age that believed human reason could discern the workings of natural law and apply those discoveries to improving the material conditions of life. B. Jerome exemplified the exploited urban laborer who became a helpless victim of the forces of rapid and relentless industrialization. C. clocks both made possible and symbolized the organized routines of an industrialized society. D. Jerome's rise and fall were made possible by the opportunities offered in an expanding market economy that bound Americans together through ever more complex and specialized ways.