The depression that set in after 1893 increased popular demand for the government to __________.
a) help the poor and unemployed
b) abolish the stock market
c) return to the gold standard
d) practice free market principles
a) help the poor and unemployed
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Why did Brunel think that the Great Eastern would be profitable?
a) He reasoned that wealthy passengers interested in investing in Canada and the United States would pay a premium for luxurious travel to and from North America. b) He reasoned that quick steam travel around the Mediterranean and English channels would create a great demand for passenger ships sailing from port to port. Consider This: Brunel intended the Great Ship to carry upward of 4,000 passengers, all of them first class. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship. c) He reasoned that the Great Eastern would be needed to carry cotton from the American South to English factories more quickly than traditional ships. Consider This: Brunel intended the Great Ship to carry upward of 4,000 passengers, all of them first class. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship. d) He reasoned that the British government would reward him with more commissions if he built the best-known and most popular steamship in the world. Consider This: Brunel intended the Great Ship to carry upward of 4,000 passengers, all of them first class. See 7.7: Narrative: The Great Ship.
Herbert Hoover's victory in 1928 was
A) by such a large margin that the Republicans seemed on the verge of disappearing as a political party. B) by the slimmest possible margin in both the popular vote and the Electoral College. C) a smashing triumph, appearing to doom the Democrats to extinction. D) achieved only in the Electoral College, not the popular vote.
The signing of the Treaty of Ghent was mainly a result of:
A) the American victory at Pensacola. B) the end of the Napoleonic Wars. C) British fear that Spain would enter the War of 1812 on America's side. D) demands made at the Hartford Convention.
Maroon communities were made up of __________
A) escaped slaves B) military deserters C) Indian rebels D) religious dissenters