Which statement was true of the U.S. stock market in the year before the 1929 crash?
a. More than 30 percent of Americans owned stocks.
b. Many investors purchased stocks on credit.
c. By many measures, most stocks were undervalued.
d. The market went up 2 to 3 percent over the course of the year.
b. Many investors purchased stocks on credit.
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a. an influx of African slaves. b. Western European immigration. c. high birth rates. d. low infant mortality.
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Which of these was at the top of the social structure of slave colonies?
A. colonial officials B. bankers C. wealthy planters D. merchants