The trend that began in the 1920s of working women being ________ continued during the
Depression.
A) married and over 30 B) unskilled
C) unable to find work D) single and in their teens
A
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The infamous gangster who grabbed wealth and power in Chicago during prohibition was
A) "Machine Gun" Kelly. B) Al Capone. C) "Pretty Boy" Floyd. D) Clyde Barrow.
Italy attacked Ethiopia in 1935 for all of the following reasons except
a. to divert Italian attention from Fascist corruption. b. to avenge an earlier Italian defeat. c. to have access to the oil fields in North Africa. d. to restore Roman imperial glory.
The Berlin airlift took place from
A) 1946-1947. B) ?1947-1948. C) ?1948-1949. D) ?1949-1950. E) ?1950-1951.
“Short-term misery, long-term gain.” Is this a good capsule summary of the effects of industrialization? Was the brutal treatment and misery of the workers justified by eventual improvement in wages and purchasing power, or were the benefits outweighed by the ruin of petty craftsmen, loss of rural community life, and dehumanizing factory routine? Consider whether industrialization could have
occurred in a slower, less disruptive and more humane manner—if, for example, medieval communitarian society with its strong guilds and sense of social justice had survived. What will be an ideal response?