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- At the onset of the Great Depression, urban unemploymenta. decreased slightlyb. stayed about the samec. increased slightlyd. increased dramatically
- What economic condition did economist John Maynard Keynes believe caused the Great Depression?a. lack of government interventionb. strict controls on stock speculationc. too much oversight of bankingd. limits on production and spending
- Members of the Taxpayers Protection League resisted evictions bya. building Hoovervillesb. staging nonviolent protestsc. moving to cheaper lodgingsd. pooling resources to pay their rent
- Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl bya. putting down new layers of topsoilb. moving off of the plains to find new farmlandc. damming western rivers and using irrigation techniquesd. using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses
- The lawful separation of the races in the south was known as what?
- How did the supreme court rule in the dred scott case?
- How did an increase in voters during the 1800s benefit andrew jacksons politcal career
- one major advantage for the north(union) during the civil war was
- What event caused the south to secede from the union?
- what was a major advantage for the south in the civil war
- The idea that it "Seemed obvious that the u.s. would extend from one ocean to the other" refers to..
- What state was at the center of the compromise of 1850?
- Lincoln questioned whether he had the __________ to free slaves prior to the Emancipation Proclamation
- What impact did the dred scott case have on the various "Compromises" over slavery?
- The abolitionist who tried to lead a slave revolt at harpers ferry was whom?
- which of these were odds about how to reconstruct the nation
- what state was carved out for native americans by the indian removal act of 1830
- Southern strategy for dealing with Reconstruction was carried through by a group known as
- The pattern depicted in the graph in the first half of the nineteenth century most directly resulted inAthe formation of a political party that promoted nativismBfederal provision of financial assistance to immigrantsCthe establishment of settlement housesDa more unified national culture that embraced immigrants
- was Secretary of State under both Lincoln and Johnson. One of Lincoln's closet advisors, he is best known for the purchase of Alaska