Which of the following was NOT a failed measure of Hoover's in attempting to try to alleviate the Depression?
A. introduced a tax cut in 1930 to increase the purchasing power of consumers
B. rallied business leaders to maintain employment, wages, and prices
C. created an agency to provide direct emergency relief to the jobless
D. endorsed a tariff to protect the United States from cheap foreign goods
Answer: C
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a) a separate peace treaty was signed between Russia and East Germany b) the large-scale defection of nuclear scientists from the USSR to the West c) East Germany built a wall to prevent refugees from leaving Communist East Berlin d) the large-scale defection of nuclear scientists from the West to the USSR
Which group tended to serve more than any other in city government?
A. saloonkeepers B. union leaders C. factory owners D. businessmen
Roosevelt's 1937 "quarantine" speech was directed at ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What nation formed a "Woman's Battalion of Death" to serve in combat and shame recalcitrant male soldiers?
A. England B. France C. Germany D. The United States E. Russia