The Civil War affected the northern economy by
A. causing a severe depression
B. increasing unemployment rates
C. decreasing demand for agricultural products
D. stimulating industrialization
Ans: D. stimulating industrialization
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A) They never received the American entreaties. B) They were prevented from doing so by British soldiers. C) Americans were their traditional enemies. D) They were sympathetic to the British cause.
Which of the following is true concerning the use of electricity by the mid-1920s?
A) Most Americans resisted "new-fangled" appliances. B) It was becoming more common as 60 percent of new homes were wired for electricity. C) It was nearly universal in the United States. D) It was mainly used in factory production. E) It was mostly found on farms, where mechanization was needed first.
The Antifederalists feared that the Constitution would create a weak national government and opposed the adoption of a Bill of Rights
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except
a. they formed the protest culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s. b. they promoted interest in bebop jazz and Eastern religious mysticism. c. in founding their own movement, the hippies later rejected many of the Beat notions. d. they embraced sexual liberation. e. their name came from the term "beatnik," meant as a Cold War insult.