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- Great Plains during the 1930's when the area suffered from drought and dust storms
- Briefly explain ONE difference between the economic system of the North & South in the period 1790s-1840
- What political party emerged and attempted to use the Great Depression as a major criticism of capitalism?
- FDR and Congress were able to pass over 15 major pieces of legislation for the New Deal
- Eli Whitney contributed significantly to the Industrial Revolution due to which TWO innovations?
- raised prices on crops and farm goods by having farmers produce less
- The Industrial Revolution was initially slow to spread on the European continent due to:
- protected consumers by requiring corporations who offer stock investments to provide accurate financial disclosure to investors
- Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
- nickname given to migrant farmers who left Oklahoma and the Midwest and moved to California in search of work
- provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects
- What process is Adam Smith referring to here in this excerpt? - adam smiths wealth of the nations
- Nearly 20% of all banks closed and never reopened which resulted in more than 10 million savings accounts in the US to be completely wiped out
- By the 1850s, which of the following became the primary method of transportation in Great Britain?
- Hoover's views on the role of government were rooted in ______________. (the idea of self-reliance when the public should take care of themselves instead of the federal government providing direct relief)
- agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to not attack each other
- On March 6, 1933, FDR declared a ___________ (all banks in the U.S. were to be closed for 4 days)
- Which of the following inventions during the Second Industrial Revolution revolutionized communication throughout the world?
- Which region of the United States focused primarily on making manufactured goods during the Market Revolution?
- What nation outside of Europe and the United States embraced industrialization during the Second Industrial Revolution?