Most “birds of passage” who immigrated to America A) were men and women over forty years of age. B) wanted to farm and own land in America. C) moved to America’s cities. D) looked for jobs with high rates of upward mobility. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The purity forces in late nineteenth-century America did NOT favor A) censoring nudity in the arts. B) raising the age of sexual consent to 18. C) laws against pornography. D) widespread distribution of birth control information. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors describe the 1920s as a time in which “a society in transition debated which of its traditional values to preserve and which to modify or abandon”. Identify at least three traditional values that were preserved in the twenties and three that were modified or abandoned. ANSWER Among the three traditional values […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why the national experiment in prohibition and the anti-smoking campaign in the 1920s ultimately failed. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the underfunded and lax enforcement of the law; the high profitability of illegal bootlegging; the general unpopularity of prohibition in specific areas (like large cities); the public’s exhaustion with crusades […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Identify the basic assumptions of the containment policy. Describe how the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO reflect these assumptions. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The containment doctrine assumed the Soviet Union was aggressively antidemocratic and anticapitalist. But it also assumed that Soviet expansion could occur only if the West showed weakness, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which do you think had the most profound impact on American society in the 1920s, the radio or the automobile? Explain your answer. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Both technologies were alleged to promote family “togetherness” and have a nationalizing influence. Radio promoted racial and ethnic stereotypes, boosted mass consumption, and helped […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What Indians desired most, upon encountering Europeans, was __________. a. cultural enlightenment b. victims for human sacrifice rituals c. religious instruction d. allies to help them defeat their enemies e. peaceful trade ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did Adams influence the future land holdings of the United States? a. He proposed a law in Congress to tax English imports at a high rate, generating enough income to buy the Southwest from Spain. b. He banned political parties, cooling passionate debates so that the nation could focus on expansion. c. He avoided […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the world-wide depression in the 1930s, the unemployment rate rose higher and remained higher longest in A) the United States. B) Great Britain. C) France. D) Germany. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were among turn-of-the-century middle class Americans’ grievances EXCEPT the A) declining access to higher education. B) rising cost of living. C) proliferating monopolies. D) corrupt government officials. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
