Among their political reforms, farmers advocated all of the following EXCEPT A) direct election of U.S. senators. B) abolition of the Electoral College. C) the initiative and referendum. D) direct primary elections. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most important source of patriotic wartime propaganda in the United States during World War II? A) the War Department B) the Committee on Public Information C) the Hollywood motion picture industry D) the Library of Congress ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1894, Coxey’s Army marched on Washington, D.C., to demand A) a federal anti-lynching law. B) civil service reform legislation. C) jobs for the unemployed. D) court injunctions against violent labor strikes. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
To reduce voting by African Americans, the so-called Mississippi Plan altered that state’s constitution to establish all of the following EXCEPT A) the initiative and referendum. B) literacy tests. C) residency requirements. D) poll taxes. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment argued that A) it would force women to serve in combat. B) women’s rights were already secured by existing laws. C) it would endanger the protective legislation governing hours and wages for working women. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
One impact of the 1896 presidential election was A) a reaffirmation of rural values. B) the enactment of “free silver” laws. C) the demise of the Populist Party. D) tariff reduction. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The widespread enactment of Jim Crow laws that disfranchised and segregated African Americans began A) during World War I. B) in the 1920s. C) in the 1890s. D) during Reconstruction. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “Era of Good Feelings” refers to A) Thomas Jefferson’s presidency. B) the years immediately following the American Revolution. C) the early years of James Monroe’s presidency. D) the time following the signing of the Jay Treaty. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors claim that “no important policy differences separated the two major parties” in the Gilded Age between Reconstruction and the Election of 1896. Use information from the text authors’ own account of politics in this period to demonstrate that their claim may be an exaggeration. ANSWER Democrats and Republicans did disagree over […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compared to earlier decades, by 1675, Virginia was characterized by all the following EXCEPT A) longer marriages. B) a declining death rate. C) fading class lines. D) larger families. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
