The prosperity of the 1950s was fueled in large measure by __________.
a. pent-up consumer demand
b. agricultural expansion
c. deficit spending
d. a stock market bubble
a. pent-up consumer demand
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Why did nationalist movements appear in Indochina in the early twentieth century?
A. as a result of WWI B. as a result of economic discontent C. as a result of mass censorship D. as a result of the lack of national security
Which of the following statements is true about black officeholders during Reconstruction?
A) They were always well qualified for their offices. B) A large majority had attended college. C) Some had been free before the war; some had been slaves. D) Farmers and workers were poorly represented.
Which of the following took as its focus the grim lives of English workers?
a. Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier b. Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front c. Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus d. Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls e. Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Perhaps the single strongest unifying factor of pre-Civil War southern whites was their
A. contempt of northern capitalism. B. kinship relationships. C. fear of federal authority. D. perception of white racial superiority. E. intense national pride.