As a member of Congress in 1812, will you vote for or against war with England? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER For: defend the nation’s honor; stop violations of neutral rights; end impressment; acquire Florida and Canada; end agricultural depression in the South and West. Against: war will […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Richard J. Gatling believed his hand-cranked machine gun would A) reduce the need for large armies and the pain and suffering of warfare. B) make infantry warfare obsolete. C) be so destructive as to make warfare unthinkable. D) assure victory to the offensive armies in warfare. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Among whites and some blacks, ________ became the symbol of black cooperation and accommodation to white supremacy. A) Robert Charles B) William E. B. DuBois C) John Hope D) Booker T. Washington ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The farm workers’ movement became known as A) La Causa. B) Alianza. C) La Raza. D) Huelga. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Cesar Chavez’s National Farm Workers Association first struck against the ________ growers in California. A) grapefruit B) tomato C) avocado D) grape ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Promoters of Henry W. Grady’s vision of a “New South” linked its realization to all of the following EXCEPT A) deromanticizing the myth of the Confederacy. B) promoting racial harmony. C) stimulating southern industry. D) initiating agricultural diversity. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe President Kennedy’s role in the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Explain why there was a dramatic shift in the level of his participation in 1963. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Kennedy came to the presidency with a poor civil rights record. He campaigned for African-American votes in 1960, but, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the late 1960s, an aid to President Nixon suggested that “the issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.” What did he mean? Do you think he was right? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The comment was intended to convey the sentiment that the civil rights movement […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The male custodians of late nineteenth-century American morality believed that birth control devices would increase all the following EXCEPT A) sexual promiscuity. B) the instance of venereal disease. C) the number of abortions. D) the divorce rate. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the 1930s, what was the usual way of segregating African Americans in northern cities? A) residential ordinances B) restrictive covenants C) zoning laws D) neighborhood improvement associations ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
