Which of the following was a consequence of the Federal Reserve Board's 1981 decision to tighten the money supply?
a. The inflation rate increased.
b. Interest rates began a slow but steady decline.
c. Economic activity declined and the unemployment rate increased.
d. Federal budget deficits were brought under control.
c
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Which of the following was an element of Booker T. Washington's famous speech at the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition in 1895?
A) He argued that blacks should work for voting rights at the same time they were trying to impress whites with their hard work, cleanliness, and good morals. B) He told blacks to deny their position in society and accept segregation. C) He told blacks to work for economic gains in low-level jobs as a way to improve their status in the eyes of whites. D) He said he felt that blacks should move to Africa to escape racism.
The feminists' Seneca Falls Convention statement of grievances was a close paraphrasing of
A) David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World. B) the Constitution of the United States. C) the Declaration of Independence. D) Sarah Grimke's Letter on the Condition of Women and the Equality of the Sexes.
How did the Congressional election of 1810 increase the likelihood of America entering into war?
a. The new Congress was filled with merchants and financiers who saw war as an economic boon to the manufacturing they hoped to encourage. b. The new Congress was filled with "war hawks" from the South and West who were intent on war with America´s old enemy, the British. c. The new Congress was filled with anti-French leaders who saw Napoleon as a terrible threat to Europe who must be stopped. d. The new Congress was filled with Republicans who had sympathized with Revolutionary France and were susceptible to Napoleon´s bribery and flattery. e. The new Congress was filled with Federalists who coveted Canada.
French power in Vietnam came to an end
a. when the French were defeated by the guerilla forces of Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh in 1954. b. when Dulles agreed to the Geneva Accords. c. at the end of World War II. d. when the U.N. ordered the French out. e. none of these choices.