By the start of 1929, more than half of the u. s. population was living below the poverty line. a major and immediate effect of this situation would be

The correct answer is B) consumer goods were not being sold.

A major and and immediate effect of the situation was that consumer goods were not being sold.

By the start of 1929 more than half of the United States population was living below the poverty line. Consumer goods were not being sold as a result of that situation. The Stock market crash of 1929 caused what was known as the Great Depression in the United States. It was a period of terrible economic conditions for the country and really had a major impact on people’s economy. Many jobs were lost and the U.S. citizens suffered a lot. Fabrics had to close and cut jobs because consumer goods were not being sold. There was no money in people’s hands. They were trying to survive. That was the reason the U.S. government launched the New Deal program.

The other options of the question were, a) New Deal programs being created, c) the stock market crash put people out of work, and d) wealthy people were losing large sums of money.

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.