Roosevelt’s Executive Order 8802 created the Fair Employment Practices Committee that A) enforced equal wages for men and women in war industries. B) equalized government purchases of war materials between factories in different states. C) determined which business and industries were necessary to the war effort and which were not. D) barred discrimination by race, […]
How would late-seventeenth-century Virginia best be described? a. a plantation society, dominated by a slaveholding aristocracy b. a diversified society and economy, with minimal social stratification c. a society of small farmers, committed to multicrop agriculture d. a successful commercial enterprise that returned large profits to the crown e. a society struggling with the question […]
People used ration stamps to pay income taxes and buy Series E bonds. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
The turning point of the Vietnam War which convinced U.S. leaders that the war would end in a stalemate was the __________. a. Tet offensive b. Gulf of Tonkin affair c. Battle of Pleiku d. Battle of Haiphong e. massacre at My Lai ANSWER A
On August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan A) the Japanese immediately surrendered. B) they followed up with the firebombing of Tokyo. C) 140,000 people were killed by the blast, burns, and the radiation. D) the Japanese emperor wanted to keep fighting. ANSWER Answer: C
How did Truman respond to the Jewish desire for a homeland in the Middle East? A) He actively opposed the creation of the state of Israel. B) He refused to take a stand on the creation of the state of Israel. C) He decided to recognize the state of Israel. D) He urged Jews to […]
The post-World War II goals of the Soviet Union included all of the following EXCEPT A) the creation of a permanent buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Germany. B) absolute Soviet control over the countries of Eastern Europe. C) a rapid recovery for Germany. D) reparations from Germany in the form of machinery, munitions, […]
Why was Andrew Jackson so influential in the mid-1800s? a. He was a forceful and domineering president, unafraid of breaking the Constitution to gain what he wanted. b. He was a charismatic and kind president, fighting for the poor and disenfranchised. c. He was a politician in the right place at the right time; the […]
One of the biggest threats to Truman’s reelection in 1948 was A) an increase in support for the Republican Party by African-American voters. B) the threat of a communist takeover by subversive elements in the government. C) Truman’s support for civil rights legislation. D) the creation of the “Dixiecrats,” which would draw votes away from […]
James Madison argued that minority opinions would fare best in which of the following? A) a monarchy B) a large nation C) a small republic D) a mighty empire ANSWER B
