Harlem was headquarters to __________ Universal Negro Improvement Association. A) W. E. B. Du Bois’s B) Marcus Garvey’s C) Booker T. Washington’s D) Ida B. Well’s ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The stock market crash triggered a depression because __________. A) almost all Americans owned stocks B) stock prices were used to set interest rates C) businessmen and the well-to-do lost confidence in the economy D) rising prices put most consumer goods out of reach of the middle class ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most popular form of entertainment in the 1930s was __________. A) radio B) movies C) spectator sports D) live theater ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
John Collier played a leading role in what area of New Deal policy? A) expanding the rights of African Americans B) Indian policy C) industrial recovery D) jobs programs ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe and analyze the differences between the First New Deal and the Second New Deal. How and why did the focus shift in Second New Deal programs? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: New Deal experimentation; government intervention in the economy; changing priorities; public pressure
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most Americans became aware of the full horrors of the Holocaust __________. A) at the beginning of the war B) through government films detailing Nazi atrocities C) only as the war entered its final stages D) as European Jewish refugees flooded into the United States from 1941 onward ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Perhaps the greatest contribution women made in the military in World War II were the approximately 56,000 who served as __________. A) Air Force ferry pilots B) nurses in the Army C) Navy cooks D) Marine Corps training officers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Discuss the various steps that Roosevelt took to combat isolationism at home. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: lend-lease; the Atlantic Charter; key speeches; Neutrality Acts
Date: September 9th, 2020
Passage of the National Security Act in 1947 indicated that __________. A) Truman no longer considered the Soviets a serious threat B) the United States would be placed on a permanent state of high alert C) Congress was unwilling to fund Cold War programs D) thousands of dangerous subversives had been found in the government […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Truman Doctrine was the first and clearest exercise of the policy of __________. A) massive nuclear retaliation B) anti-colonialism C) containment D) spreading democracy by peaceful means ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
