Trade in this era was heavily focused on resources produced in __________.
A. the West Indies
B. Britain
C. North America
D. West Africa
Answer: A
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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) of 1935 accomplished all of the following except:
a. hired unemployed young men to improve public lands and national forests b. hired writers and teachers to compile state guidebooks c. gave jobs to unemployed writers and musicians who would enrich a community's life d. gave part-time jobs to college and high-school students, so that they could stay in school
The success of films such as The Robe and Ben Hur __________
A) indicated a new tendency to like films that were less than an hour in length B) illustrated that moviegoers preferred comedies with light themes C) reflected a renewed public interest in organized religion D) revealed that the American film industry was in decline
The single largest employer of this time period was which of the following?
a. railroads b. factories c. commercial farmers d. federal government e. state government
In the late sixteenth century, which change in English agriculture contributed to England's drive to establish overseas colonies?
a. English empire-building had nothing to do with agriculture or economic motives. b. Early industrialization drew many farm laborers off the land, creating a need for crops supplied from overseas. c. A drought and poor growing conditions made it difficult for English farmers to produce enough tobacco to satisfy European demand. d. The enclosure movement among landowners displaced many small farmers, creating a marginalized group that supplied many of the earliest immigrants to America. e. The enclosure of many farms for sheep grazing created a need for overseas supplies of livestock feed.