To mobilize public support for World War I, President Wilson established the ________ , America’s first propaganda agency. A) United States Public Information Agency (USPIA) B) Committee on Public Information (CPI) C) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) D) Voice of America (VOA) ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Place yourself in the role of a southern white farmer in the period 1865-1877. Describe your reaction to the major events of Reconstruction in those years. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Southern white farmers suffered a loss in status and experienced frustration and fear. The disruption of the southern economy adversely affected […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The rise of basic industry in America in the late nineteenth century primarily depended on the use of A) water power. B) mineral resources. C) agricultural products. D) forest materials. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the turn of the twentieth century, industrialization in America depended LEAST on A) the growing availability of electrical power. B) labor-saving technology. C) the skilled craftsmanship of America’s workers. D) the heavy consumption of natural resources. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following did author Frank Norris refer to as “the leviathan…the soulless Force, the iron-hearted Power, the Master, the Colossus, the Octopus” (1901)? A) electricity B) Standard Oil Trust C) railroad D) Corliss engine ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following would NOT describe a Social Darwinist’s views? A) laissez-faire B) conservative C) elitist D) charitable ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The agency charged with managing the American economy during World War II was the A) War Production Board. B) Works Progress Administration. C) Office of Scientific Research and Development. D) War Labor Board. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
U.S. government officials blamed the wave of postwar labor strikes in 1919 on A) Communists. B) racism. C) vigilantism. D) inflation. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What concept did Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique contribute to feminist ideology? A) Women make superior political leaders. B) Men oppress women because they hate and fear them. C) Young women are socialized to believe they are superior beings. D) Women are conditioned to believe they can only find fulfillment as housewives and mothers. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, Stephen Douglas asserted that A) slavery was an expansionist institution. B) African Americans were entitled to the same rights as whites. C) slavery threatened the status of all workers. D) slavery should be treated as a local problem. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
