All of the following were factors in rising poverty rates in inner cities in the 1950s, EXCEPT
A. increasing automation.
B. persistent racial discrimination.
C. large numbers of poor people migrating into these areas.
D. a growth of unskilled industrial jobs in these areas.
E. the movement of factories and mills to new locations.
D
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Which of the following was the direct result of the Powhatan battle against the colony at Jamestown that began in 1622?
A) The colonial population doubled. B) The crown created the House of Burgesses. C) Tobacco became scarce in England. D) The Virginia Company went into bankruptcy.
Which statement is consistent with George Washington's Farewell Address?
a. The United States should avoid creating a market economy. b. America will be a better society if we learn to live without factories. c. Political parties are an inevitable part of a free republic. d. We should stay out of alliances that draw us into wars.
Which group had the most influence on the ideas stated in the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution?
(a) political leaders of Spain and Portugal (b) religious leaders of the medieval period (c) writers of the Renaissance (d) philosophers of the Enlightenment
Through the Nixon Doctrine, President Nixon and his advisers demonstrated their belief that ___________________.
A. the containment doctrine was no longer valid B. the Middle East was far more important to the security of the United States than was South Vietnam C. the Vietnam War could be won simply by sending more American troops to South Vietnam D. the United States, for financial reasons, would have to rely more on regional allies to contain communism