August 22nd, 2010 | 
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The tariff policy of the early 1920s:
A. made it easier fro other nations to sell to the United States
B. made it harder for other nations to sell to the United States
C. made it easier for other nations to repay their war debts
D. led Americans to cut back on loans and investments abroad
Coolidge’s administration was marked by
A. a continuation of the post-World War I economic slump
B. continued tax breaks for the lower and middle classes at the expense of the upper class
C. prosperity
D. the creation of the Internal Revenue and Tariff Commission, which drastically reformed taxation formulas and duty lists
President Herbert Hoover’s progressive and humanitarian reforms included all the following except:
A. supporting a plan for tax reductions in the lower-income brackets
B. rejecting “red hunts” or interference with the peaceful picketing of the White House
C. seeking financial assistance for all-black Howard University
D. supporting a bill to provide federal financial assistance to lower-income families
The uneven distribution of wealth in America helped cause the Depression because
A. as production increased, demand declined
B. corporations no longer had sufficient capital to expand their productive capacities
C. many people no longer had extra money to invest in stocks
D. Americans with less spending power began buying cheaper imported goods rather than American-made goods
Part of the reason for the stock market crash was
A. the high rat of deflation in the 1920s
B. the tax policies of the 1920s that hurt the wealthy, who might otherwise have bought more stocks
C. the buying of great amounts of stock “on margin”
D. the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets
Abigail Mcconahy
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