Turning to the business community for assistance in fighting the Great Depression, President Hoover denied the existence of difficult economic conditions.

advised employers to lay off workers, lower wages, and raise prices.

asked businessmen to pledge not to lay off workers but instead to reduce working hours in order to equalize the sacrifice for all employees. 

urged companies to maintain high levels of production.

For southern black sharecroppers, the New Deal's AAA often meant that

they were pushed off their land.

they received more land to farm.

more were able to farm.

they received increased financial support from the government for crop diversification

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes President Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with Joseph Stalin during World War II?

Roosevelt pretended to seek good relations with Stalin during the war but intended to take a hard line in opposing Soviet expansion after the war was over.

During the war, Roosevelt did not develop a good working relationship with Stalin.

Roosevelt generally worked effectively with Stalin during the war, but he grew increasingly disturbed after the Soviets began to assert their control in Eastern Europe.

Roosevelt insisted that the Soviet Union posed no serious threat to American interests and should be trusted as long as Stalin's desire to ensure Soviet security was respected

In the United States of the 1950s,

sales of electrical appliances began to decline.

consumption became associated with citizenship rather than personal indulgence.

more money was spent on education than on advertising.

consumer use of electricity was cut in half.