Which of the following is the most significant cause of the Great Depression?
a. Excessive speculation on the stock market led to a crash.
b. The agricultural sector had been in decline for many years.
c. U.S. factories produced more goods than the American people could consume.
d. Output from U.S. factories fell due to foreign competition dominating the market.
c. U.S. factories produced more goods than the American people could consume.
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The part of the Monroe Doctrine that warned Old World powers not to establish any new colonies in the Americas was directed primarily at
a. Great Britain. b. Russia. c. Spain. d. Prussia. e. France.
The sit-in movement expanded to include __________.
a. “view-ins” at movie theaters b. “wade-ins” at swimming pools c. “read-ins” at libraries d. “ride-ins” at bus depots
After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that
a. there was imminent danger of a massive slave uprising. b. the U.S. army could not protect slavery. c. Brown should be put in an insane asylum. d. all abolitionists should be criminally prosecuted as conspirators. e. the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans.
One factor responsible for the spread of Enlightenment ideas in the Spanish colonies was the
A) circulation of scientific texts based on the theories of Descartes, Newton, and Leibnitz. B) circulation of copies of the French Encyclopedia in the colonies. C) propaganda of French revolutionary agents in the colonies. D) propaganda activity associated with U.S. diplomatic missions in the colonies.