Some white women were attracted to the KKK because __________. A) the Klan offered family and community tradition B) the Klan offered them a measure of political power C) white women were strong supporters of Christianity D) it gave them opportunities for illicit sex ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What importance should we attach to the new Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s? What larger social and cultural trends were reflected in the Klan’s popularity? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: nativism; “100 percent Americanism”‘ the backlash against modernity; differences between the old and new Klan; targets of the new […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Proposed by Senator Robert Wagner, the Wagner Act was officially called the __________. A) Fair Industrial Practices Act B) National Labor Relations Act C) Resettlement Administration Act D) Emergency Relief Appropriations Act ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Schecter v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down the __________. A) National Industrial Recovery Act B) Wagner Act C) Social Security Act D) Works Progress Administration ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) fought both landlords and __________ policies. A) NRA B) CCC C) WPA D) AAA ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1943, riots broke out in southern California between U.S. sailors and __________. A) Mexican American “zoot suiters” B) Chinese laborers C) African American veterans D) civilian defense plant workers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
One striking result of World War II on those who served was that __________. A) many Americans formed new bonds of community that transcended previous divisions B) most remembered it as a bad, unnecessary war C) blacks and whites served together with little discrimination or conflict D) most who served tried to forget their war […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first territory annexed by Hitler, in 1938, was __________. A) Belgium B) Czechoslovakia C) Austria D) Poland ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Truman Doctrine was a response to the threat of subversion and revolution in __________. A) Indochina B) Turkey and Greece C) France and Belgium D) Latin America ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Manhattan Project was centered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and __________. A) Hanford, Washington B) Albuquerque, New Mexico C) Alamogordo, New Mexico D) Orange County, California ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
