Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?
A. passage of the Social Security Act
B. beginning of WWII
c. reelection of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940
D. announcement of the Marshall Plan
Ans: B. beginning of WWII
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A) London B) Amsterdam C) Berlin D) Paris
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a. War of the Spanish Succession b. English Civil War c. English-Scottish union of 1707 d. Seven Years’ War
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A) It led to the redevelopment of existing urban neighborhoods. B) It described in graphic detail what pesticides were doing to birds and animals. C) It launched the Kennedy-Johnson era War on Poverty. D) It played a central role in the development of the new women's movement.
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
a. gave the Union and Central Pacific Railroad companies federal land to build their tracks, stations and other necessary buildings. b. provided for a loan to the railroad companies for every mile of track they completed. c. gave the railroad companies land as a subsidy in a checkerboard pattern along the tracks. d. accomplished all of the above.