In the 1920s, people invested in the stock market more than they ever did before. Prices rose very fast so that by the end of the 1920s, traders could become rich from buying and selling overnight. They bought stock on margin which meant that they could hold the stock for as little as a 10% downpayment. They then waited for the stock price to rise and then they sold it. During 1928 and 1929, the stock of many companies was valued more than what the companies were valued for.
To remind the audience of the theme or to make a claim seem logical
D) she and the members of her court "adopted" acting companies, letting them use her name and operate under her protection.
The option which best describes what the speaker sees in the "days ahead" is:
A. the fall of America.
This question refers to the poem "America" by Jamaican-American author <u>Claude McKay</u>, more specifically to lines 11 to 14, in which the speaker addresses the fall of America:
<em>"Darkly I gaze into the </em><em>days ahead</em><em>,</em>
<em>And see her might and granite wonders there,</em>
<em>Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand,</em>
<em>Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand."</em>
- What the speaker means is that he sees the fall of America in "the days ahead." Throughout the poem, the speaker talks of his bittersweet relationship with America. His feelings are somewhere between love and hate or resentment.
- Although he can see America's wonders, beauty, and potential, he can also see its flaws - the prejudice, the corruption.
- <u>In conclusion</u>, the speaker believes America's fate is a bad one. In the future, the country will fall.
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The answer is D. Neither is misspelled as niether with an ie when it is supposed to be an ei.
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~Courtney
