After the stock market crash, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and other experts

a. immediately called for strong government programs to rectify the situation.
b. believed that the economy would soon correct itself.
c. took over as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
d. called on businesses to reduce profits rather than lay off workers.


ANSWER: b

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In 1865, __________.

a. every region of the United States was served by a dense railroad network b. the South had the best railroad network in the world c. America only had about 5,000 miles of railroad track d. much of the railroad system east of the Mississippi was in place

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