Which of the following factors was most responsible for an unequal distribution of wealth?
A. There was an increase in business profits.
B. Average Americans were not investing in the stock market.
C. Wages were not keeping pace with profits of business owners.
D. There was heavy regulation of certain businesses by the government.
Sounds like C if you are talking about the Gilded and Industrial Ages.
In which of the following ways did the 1920s wealth gap contribute to the start of the Great Depression?
A. The wealth gap led to a decline in stock investment during the 1920s.
B. A concentration of wealth led to less spending across the economy.
C. Many of the rural poor were forced into subsistence farming.
D. The wealth gap led to heavy emigration from the United States and shrinkage of the economy.
B. A concentration of wealth led to less spending across the economy.
”We took away their best lands; broke treaties, promises; tossed them the most nearly worthless scraps of a continent that had once been wholly theirs. But we did not liquidate their spirit. The vital spark which kept them alive was hardy."
--John Collier, 1938
Use the text to answer the question.
Based on the quote, what conclusion can best be reached about John Collier?
A. He would encourage Native American leaders to trust American politicians completely.
B. He would not support the U.S. government compensating Native Americans for past unfair treatment.
C. He would encourage Native Americans to forcibly take back their traditional lands.
D. He believes the Native Americans’ drive to live fairly in the United States has not been totally destroyed.
D. He believes the Native Americans’ drive to live fairly in the United States has not been totally destroyed.
Among the first laws passed by FDR was the Truth-in-Securities Act. How did it support his New Deal goals?
A. The law’s purpose was to make sure farmers’ investments were safe.
B. The law’s goal was to prevent another economic crash.
C. The law was focused on helping those who lost money in the stock market crash.
D. The law was mainly enacted as a way to reignite the economy.
B. The law’s goal was to prevent another economic crash.
Which action is often viewed as the most serious attempt to undermine the independence of the judiciary?
A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to reorganize the Supreme Court
B. appointment of Supreme Court justices to unlimited terms of office
C. periodic increases in the salaries of Supreme Court justices
D. power of Congress to confirm appointment of Supreme Court justices
A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to reorganize the Supreme Court
They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob,
When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
—“Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” by Yip Harburg
Use the text to answer the question.
From whose point of view is this song written?
A. a gangster during Prohibition
B. a wealthy tycoon during the Roaring Twenties
C. an unemployed person during the Great Depression
D. a migrant during the Dust Bowl