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.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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Which writer redefined "jihad" as violent opposition to the West rather than as personal struggle?
a. Ayatollah Khomeini b. Ali Shariati c. Usama bin Ladin d. Naguib Mahfuz e. Sayyid Qutb
How did new methods of production affect workers in the first years of the twentieth century?
A) They were large-scale and mechanized, which made workers almost part of the machinery, endangered, and bored. B) They relied heavily on keeping workers satisfied, which led to safety, wage, and workweek reforms. C) They depended on the workers' willingness to work, which led to incentives, benefits, and human resource departments. D) They depended almost totally on automation, eliminating low-skilled jobs and creating high unemployment in this sector. E) They emphasized a unique product that would be better than the one before, increasing pressure on workers and materialism in consumers.
Senator Benjamin F. Wade is best described as a __________
A) Peace Democrat B) scalawag C) Radical Republican D) Liberal Republican