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.
ANSWER: c
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A. It indicated the willingness of the president to acknowledge the federal government's responsibility to strive for racial equality. B. It indicated that the president was willing to respond to congressional demands that he provide a comprehensive legislative agenda to protect minority rights. C. It indicated the government's willingness to bow to public pressure and actively protect the rights of minorities. D. It indicated that the president was unwilling to support ideas that would cost him white votes in the Southern states.
Diocletian emphasized the divine nature of the imperial office, requiring citizens to worship the same. This caused conflict and led to ________
A. temples rebuilt to accommodate four tetrarchs B. a Jewish pogrom C. harsh persecution of Christians D. war with the Goths
Many proponents of mechanism believed:
A. machines should do the work of humans. B. human beings were machines, slaves, to religion. C. humans are machines whose purpose is to produce knowledge. D. the world can be explained in mechanical metaphors. E. mechanism and Christianity could not be reconciled.
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a. since the tie of the Spanish arrival b. since the tie of the Roman Empire in Europe c. for at least 2000 years d. for at least 12,000 years