To counter growing calls for government censorship, the movie industry resorted to __________. A) self-censorship B) demanding their right of free speech C) ignoring their critics D) moving production to Canada ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1925 Scopes trial, the real issue at stake was __________. A) modern science versus fundamentalism B) enforcement of Jim Crow laws C) government restriction of free speech D) laws making Klan membership illegal ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The original Klan had been formed in the Reconstruction South as a(n) __________. A) veteran’s aid organization B) religious organization C) instrument of white racial terror D) political alternative to the Democratic Party ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Committee of Industrial Organization organized workers by __________. A) income B) location C) level of skill D) industry ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Boulder Dam and Grand Coulee Dam projects __________. A) were expensive, wasteful failures B) caused extensive environmental damage C) were carried out over strong western objections to FDR’s “socialism” D) harnessed the potential of the upper Mississippi River ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Social Security Act of 1935 __________. A) placed maximum limits on personal wealth B) guaranteed lifetime employment C) provided old-age pensions and unemployment insurance D) established a national health care system ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
To get Roosevelt to respond to unfair treatment of African Americans, A. Philip Randolph threatened to organize __________. A) all African American workers in one great union B) a march on Washington to the Lincoln Memorial C) the Congress of Racial Equality D) a massive strike by all black workers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these most accurately describes the activities of workers during World War II? A) Workers staged no important strikes. B) The major unions all organized important strikes. C) Despite no-strike pledges, workers staged wildcat strikes. D) Union membership fell, as workers and union leaders fought over strikes. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
From 1935-1937, Congress tried to prevent involvement in a coming war by passing five __________ Acts. A) Quarantine B) Demilitarization C) War Preparedness D) Neutrality ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Analyze how mobilizing for war changed the American economy, government, and society. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: the end of the New Deal; full employment; rationing; new bonds of community; migration; government spending; a larger government
Date: September 9th, 2020
