The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because
a. businesses and labor aggressively and universally resisted any regulation of wages, prices, and hours by the agency.
b. it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.
c. Harold Ickes, the head of the agency, proved to be an incompetent administrator.
d. it did not provide enough protection for labor to bargain with management.
e. the agency did not have enough power to control business.
b
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a. fast-pitch softball b. miniature golf c. Bingo d. Frisbee
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A) the bay at Pylos B) Thebes C) the isthmus of Corinth D) the Hellespont E) Megara
According to Dan Fodio, Muslim rulers in the past had violated the principles of proper government by all of the following means except
a. pursuing wealth and material rewards. b. eating forbidden food and drinking forbidden beverages. c. overtaxing their citizens. d. fighting unnecessary wars.