By 1917, twenty-three states had entirely banned the sale of alcohol
A) True
B) False
A
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In 1971, President Nixon tried to control inflation by
A) freezing wages and prices for 90 days. B) spurring investment through major tax cuts for the wealthy. C) increasing the supply of money in the economy. D) returning the dollar to the gold standard.
A regressive tax placed most of the tax burden on
A) ?the wealthy. B) ?women. C) ?the poor. D) ?immigrants. E) ?the middle class.
Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the fate of the eleven or twelve million Africans forcefully moved to the New World?
a. Some 13 to 30 percent died during the trans-Atlantic passage. b. About 600,000 of these were sent to British North America; by 1830, though, North American slaves accounted for a third of all slaves in the New World. c. Upon arrival, they were auctioned off naked and greased to improve their appearance. d. In Brazil and the West Indies, slaves were worked to death and then replaced. e. Generally, slaves worked eleven-hour days seven days a week.
The first American settlement house was
a. founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, in Chicago. b. Toynbee Hall. c. founded by prominent Chicago businessman Charles Hull. d. founded by muckraker Ida Tarbell. e. founded in Washington, D.C. by the federal government.