12) The Federal __________________ sets interest rates (making borrowing money cheaper or more expensive); it raises rates to slow inflation, and it lowers rates to slow recession and reduce unemployment.
11) All of the following were changes brought about in the Progressive Era except:
a) Local Socialist groups wanted public ownership of utilities like gas, electricity and water.
b) California was to have the initiative, referendum, and recall.
c) When conservation was introduced John Muir emphasized its importance to President Hoover.
d) Graduated income taxes were made constitutional by amendment.
12) The Federal __________________ sets interest rates (making borrowing money cheaper or more expensive); it raises rates to slow inflation, and it lowers rates to slow recession and reduce
13) In __________________ v. _____________________, a case concerning state limitations on working hours, statistics were allowed as legal evidence by the Supreme Court for the first time.
14) True or false (circle one): The Women's Suffrage Amendment passed in the House and the Senate, but almost didn't get ratified by ¾ of the states; a note from his mother influenced one legislator to vote for the amendment and that accomplished the ratification.
15) The building of the _______________________ Canal involved impressive lock technology; in the same period American troops invaded parts of ___________________ and other countries in Latin America.
16) Leading up to World War I all the following were true except:
a) European powers were rivals for colonial resources, markets, labor, and prestige.
b) The United States remained neutral after most European nations had begun fighting.
c) The Lusitania was sunk by German submarines with Americans on board, moving the U.S. towards siding with the Central Powers in the war.
d) The war was promoted as the war to end all wars.
17) All of the following are true of World War I except:
a) Planes were used for surveillance.
b) Radar was used for discovering incoming planes.
c) Trench warfare forced soldiers to live in squalid conditions.
d) Submarines, tanks, and poison gas were also weapons of World War I.
Hi and thanks for the question but as per our guidelines, we are allowed to answer only one question at a time. Kindly, re-post the other questions. Since you have not mentioned any specific question to be answered I am answering question no. 12.
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