The Ludlow massacre was significant because it __________. A) resulted in widespread demonstrations against John D. Rockefeller, Jr. B) demonstrated how profitable mines were when management and labor cooperated C) increased the wages for workers D) improved the living conditions for labor ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The keys to strength of urban political machines were disciplined organization and __________. A) the inability of most immigrants to vote B) the delivery of essential services to key constituencies C) the support of the Republican Party D) the durability of their alliances with evangelical churches ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
William Howard Taft’s Central American policy was called __________. A) the Big Stick B) Dollar Diplomacy C) Moral Suasion D) the Open Door ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
After black servicemen in Houston rioted and killed white civilians, __________. A) the army adopted more racially neutral policies B) Wilson investigated the incident and pardoned the participants C) thirty black soldiers were executed and forty-one others imprisoned for life D) black and white officers alike were held responsible by the army ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The election of 1920 is best understood as expressing the voters’ desire for __________. A) continued progressive reform B) an end to Wilsonian activism C) giving Democrats control of government D) radical solutions to America’s problems ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What effect did World War I have on American race relations? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: racism in the military; wartime experiences in France; the Great Migration
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1920s, chain stores like A&P based their appeal on offering __________. A) unique products in each market B) clean, modern stores with consistent products and prices C) local ownership of each store D) a chance for customers to bargain over prices ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Katherine Bement Davis’s 1929 study revealed that most middle-class women __________. A) described sexual relations in negative terms B) were likely to have premarital sex C) disapproved of homosexuality D) used contraceptives and described sex in positive terms ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
