1. Why did farm prices fall in the 1950’s?
a. Farmers bought new expensive machinery
b. Farmers produced more than they could sell***
c. Farmers could not sell their products in Europe
d. Farmers saw their government subsidies reduced
2. What shortage was created by the-world-war II baby boom?
a. A shortage of food products
b. A shortage of hospitals
c. A shortage of houses
d. A shortage of schools***
3. South Carolina raised additional funding for public education by ____
a. Charging tuition for students
b. Implementing a sales tax***
c. Applying a tax to college tuition
d. Requiring new businesses to pay a tax
4. The ______________ provided men between the ages of 17-25 with job opportunities improving national parks and building dams.
a. Civilian Conservation Corps**
b. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
c. Public Works Administration
d. National Industrial Recovery Act
5. In order to avoid war, Great Britain and France followed the policy of ______ when responding to Hitler’s actions.
a. Appeasement***
b. Blitzkrieg
c. Cash and carry
d. Neutrality
6. How did changes in society caused by world war II affect blacks?
a. Public schools were desegregated during 1940’s
b. Black soldiers returning from was no longer encountered discrimination
c. For the first time blacks were needed for factory work
d. Units such as Tuskeegee airman gave blacks a greater opportunity to serve their country***
7. How did the cold war affect south Carolina?
a. Military bases were reopened or built in the state***
b. The soviet union became a trade partner
c. Communism became a popular political system
d. The state experienced an economic recession
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