Which statement best summarizes protest movements in the early years of the depression?
A) Demonstrations were virtually nonexistent despite the awful conditions.
B) The government passed a law that made it illegal to stage any type of protest.
C) Protesters came from a vast range of social, political, and economic interests.
D) Conservative Republicans dominated the ranks of those who led protest movements.
Answer: C
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What did proponents of the affluent society believe about the role of wealth in the United States in the 1950s?
A. Americans had yet to eliminate class conflict and risked the influence of Communism. B. All Americans were middle class. C. Americans had eliminated class conflict and would not be impacted by Communism. D. All Americans were wealthy.
The authors argue that the leaders of the seminary movement gained more than they expected in
A) teaching women that eventually became professors at major universities. B) their students founded colleges that put the seminaries out of work. C) overeducating their students to the point that they could not marry. D) producing young women that challenged the traditional idea of separate spheres.
Which of the following did the outcome of the Dreyfus Affair in France strengthen?
A) secularization B) militarization C) socialism D) absolutism
The federal government encouraged economic expansion by
A) establishing the Second Bank of the United States. B) cooperating with state governments on internal improvements. C) shielding American products with tariffs. D) hiring Native American workers.