As the momentum of the crashing stock market picked up velocity in late October and November 1929, some grief-stricken stock brokers, high-rolling investors, and even common middle-class investors threw themselves out of windows to commit suicide
because of the financial losses and deep damage to their reputations.
Answer:
FALSE
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The massacre at Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1885 is evidence of which of the following?
A. Miners and railway workers in the American West often reacted with violence against newly hired Hispanic workers. B. Labor strikes often led to disorder and violence in mining communities in the American West in the late nineteenth century. C. Discrimination against African Americans was just as prevalent in the American West as in the South during the late nineteenth century. D. Racist attitudes against Chinese immigrants were prevalent in the American West in the late nineteenth century.
The Embargo Act of 1807 provided for restrictions on exporting American goods and importing European goods. The law's major weakness was:
a. too many Americans could make products most people needed, rather than import them b. most farmers were unaffected by the import and export trade c. Southerners believed it served Yankee interests d. the law contained loopholes that made it difficult to enforce
Why did European exploration of the New World proceed so rapidly after Columbus's discoveries?
a. Gutenberg's invention of the printing press enabled the rapid dissemination of information. b. England, France, and Spain united to fund exploration, eliminating one of the problems that Columbus had faced. c. Spain was determined to protect the Native Americans against Protestant missionaries from rival European states, inspiring the government to fund numerous expeditions. d. The amount of gold that Columbus brought back to Spain was so inspiring that other countries inevitably followed suit. e. The Dutch became involved and had more money than other countries to finance expeditions, so those other countries worked together
The founding of the NAACP grew out of ________
A) race riots and lynchings B) strikes at major industrial plants C) differences between white and black reformers D) political fighting over a civil rights amendment E) northern reaction to southern politics