What was the primary subject of the 1990s treaty between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?
Free Trade (NAFTA)
100
Workers of a particular skill- such as carpentry- would be most likely to form which kind of union?
A craft Union
100
The increase in consumer spending during the 1920s was fueled in part by
overreliance on credit.
100
Which area of the country represents the region where sharecropping was the dominant form of agricultural production in the late-1800s?
The Southeast
100
Allows states to pass right to work laws
Taft-Hartley
200
This congressional act of 1930 resulted in decreased international trade and deepened the world wide depression
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
200
Businessmen during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century often favored relaxed immigration laws because they brought ___________________
cheap, unskilled labor
200
Best known for his "New Deal".
FDR
200
12. The era of the "cottage industry" was rendered mostly obsolete by__________________
Commercial Industry
200
Gives workers the right to organize
Wagner Act
300
Since industry, land use, transportation, technology, natural resources, and other similar criteria influence economic activity, the scope of cooperation in matters of trade must be expanded to a ________________
global marketplace.
300
In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with ______________ (a corporation)
Standard Oil.
300
As one of the New Deal programs, the F.D.I.C. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) was credited with restarting people’s faith in
banks
300
Which innovation had the GREATEST impact on the availability of fresh beef on the US east coast in the mid-19th century?
the refrigerated box car
300
these acts of 1863-1864 establish a national banking system and uniform national currency
National Banking Acts.
400
In international trade this is the ability to produce more of a product using a given amount of resources.
absolute advantage
400
In the early 20th century, the US Supreme Court was slow to uphold labor laws passed by state governments to protect laboring people because
they believed in the right of business and individuals to freely enter into contracts regarding labor without state interference or regulation.
400
In what year did the "great crash" of the stock market occur?
1929
400
Henry Ford's most noteworthy contribution to industry is the ______________
assembly line
400
This act, regulated the banking industry in 1913 and continues to be our current national banking system
The Federal Reserve
500
Taxes on the import or export of goods from a country
tariffs
500
The ending of the Pullman Strike is significant because it demonstrated the US government’s __________
pro-business alliances.
500
The decade leading up to the great depression is known by what term?
The roaring 20's
500
In the early and mid-19th Century, American industry expanded greatly thanks in part to increased _________
immigration in industrial areas.
500
This act, established during the great depression, helped the elderly when they were no longer able to work.