The stock market crash triggered a depression because:
A) almost all Americans owned stocks.
B) stock prices were used to set interest rates.
C) businessmen and the well-to-do lost confidence in the economy.
D) rising prices put most consumer goods out of reach of the middle class.
Answer: C
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a. overproduction. b. the inability to purchase modern farm equipment. c. passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill. d. the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws. e. drought and insects like the boll weevil.
Chandra Mohanty argues that distinct struggles of resistance make structures of _______ visible.
a. oppression b. patriarchy c. whiteness d. racial inequality
During its early years, the Pennsylvania colony often faced financial ruin
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Maximilien Robespierre was known as
A. "the Incorruptible." B. the "Lion of Paris." C. First "Among Equals." D. the "French Jefferson." E. the "Son of Heaven."