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HIS 144 Quiz 5/10 Questions & Answers/100% Accurate!!
HIS 144 Quiz 5/10 Questions & Answers/100% Accurate!!
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HIS 144 Quiz 5/10 Questions & Answers/100%Accurate!!
An influential group of disillusioned writers were so put off by the American
lifestyle in the Twenties that they - -All of these choices (were known as the
"Lost Generation"; moved to Europe to be away from America's "vulgar"
commercialism; wrote highly evocative American literature while residing in
places like London and Paris; formed intellectual expatriate communities
abroad)
-As the Market Revolution progressed, the northern countryside became - -
less isolated from what was happening elsewhere.
-The Twenties ushered in new ways of doing business, as companies began
to - -stimulate demand by allowing consumers to purchase goods on the
installment plan.
-In 1845, the richest 4 percent of population of New York City owned how
much of the city's individual wealth? - -80 percent
-Which of the following was not part of a typical cotton plantation system? -
-
-Starting with Harding, three successive Republican administrations pursued
all of the following, except - -An actively interventionist and regulatory
economic role for the federal government
-Which of the following best describes "welfare capitalism"? - -By providing
better working conditions, better pay, and other benefits, owners had
happier, more productive workers who were less interested in unionization.
-Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry by developing the - -
assembly line.
-By the time the stock market crash had reached the bottom in 1932, stocks
had - -lost almost 90 percent of their original value.
-Which of the following statements is true about working conditions in
1920's America? - -All of the above are true (Business-friendly courts had
overturned federal child-labor restrictions and abusive forms of child labor
persisted, particularly in the South; Union membership declined from 4
million to 2.5 million at the end of the decade; Working conditions in steel
mills and coal mines remained atrocious; Factory workers now routinely
faced monotonous and alienating work on the assembly line)
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