Macroeconomics Ch. 1 – Flashcards
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In the 1970s, our economy suffered from ________.
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Inflation and stagnation
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There were no recessions during the administration of ______.
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Bill Clinton
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Our longest uninterrupted economic expansion took place mainly in the decade of the ______.
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1990s
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In the 1990s our economy has generated more than _______ million additional jobs.
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20
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What set off the Great Recession?
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The bursting of the housing bubble
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The south had some very substantial economics grievances against the north in the years immediately preceding the civil war.
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True
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The massive shift of population and industry out of the large central cities from the late 1940s through the 1960s was caused by _______.
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Suburbanization
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Each of the following was a major contributing factor to suburbanization except ________.
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Federal subsidies for public transportation
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The economics downturn that began in December 2007 is the longest since the 1930s.
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True
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Who made this statement "once upon a time my opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself."
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Herbert Hoover
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Although we got off to a rocky start, this country may well turn out to be another "American Century"
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True
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Our most rapid job growth was in the period from
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1995-2000
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If you old blame just one person or group of people that caused the Great Depression, which one of the following would you choose?
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The federal reserve board
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Each of the following happened during the Great Recession except _______.
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A sharp rise in the inflation rate.
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It is far too soon to say whether or not the 21st century will be another "American Century"
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True
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25 million Americans were officially unemployed in 1933
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False
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In the early 19th century the United States suffered from a scarcity of
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Labor relative to land
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Our economy expanded steadily from 1933 to 1945
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False
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Once the Great Depression began in 1929 are going to be moved all my steadily downhill until the beginning of 1940
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False
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Our economy has not had an unemployment rate below 5% since the early 1940s
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False
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There was a great deal of stagflation in the 1970s
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True
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Each of the following where elements of the new deal except _______.
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A balanced budget
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What best describes the post World War II recessions in the United States
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Each was accompanied by deadline in output of goods and services and an increase in unemployment
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At the time of the American Revolution about _______ of every 10 Americans lived on a farm
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Nine
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Between 1939 and 1944 federal government spending rose by more than
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400%
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Each of the following was a year of high am unemployment except _______.
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1944
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The year 2009 could be described as having had a relatively ______ unemployment rate and a relatively ______ rate of inflation
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High, low
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Between 1929 and 1933 output fell _______.
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By about one third
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The inflation rate declined during the presidency of _______.
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Both Eisenhower and Reagan
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What would be the most accurate description of our economy since the end of 2007?
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We experienced the worst economic mess since the Great Depression
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The transcontinental railroad's completed in the 1860s 1870s and 1880s all bypassed the _______.
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South
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Compared to our economic history between 1870 and 1945 our economic history since 1945 could be considered _______.
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Much more stable
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The longest economic expansion in our history began in _______.
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The spring of 1991
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The age of the great industrial capitalist like Carnegie Rockefeller and Swift was in the _______.
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Fourth quarter of the 19th century
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_______ completely changed the face of United States in the 25 years following World War II
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Suburbanization
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Medicare and Medicaid were inaugurated under the administration of _______.
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Lyndon B Johnson
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Most of the recessions since World War II lasted _______.
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6 to 12 months
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There was a major tax cut in 1964
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True
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Are economic growth began to slow markedly _______.
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In the early 1970s
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During World War II most of the people who got jobs and defense plants _______ were who had experience _______ building planes tanks and warships
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Women, no