Both prohibition and ending prostitution were efforts by the progressive reformers to control __________. A) state politicians who obstructed progressive reform B) city bosses and city machines C) the growing middle class D) big-city immigrants with alien cultures ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Margaret Sanger and fellow advocates wanted birth control because __________. A) it would advance sexual freedom for middle-class women and protect poor working women B) birth control would allow poor women to work longer hours C) they feared population growth among unassimilated immigrants D) birth control would prevent child labor ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
William D. “Big Bill” Haywood was the best known and most influential spokesman for the __________. A) AFL B) IWW C) Knights of Labor D) CIO ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Wilson’s effort to manage the Mexican Revolution and protect U.S. interests in Mexico resulted in __________. A) a legacy of suspicion and mistrust between the two nations B) American military occupation of Mexico until 1934 C) an era of good feelings between the nations D) a war between Mexico and the United States ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under Herbert Hoover, the Food Administration raised the price of grain so that __________. A) farmers would increase production B) consumers would buy more bread and flour C) less foreign grain would enter the country D) more foreign grain would enter the country ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were Japanese-American relations strained in the years prior to the Russo-Japanese War? A) competition between Japan and the United States over Manchuria B) repeated incidents of anti-Japanese racism in California C) efforts of Japan to establish a presence in the Americas D) American overtures to the anti-Japanese government of China ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Hollywood films in the 1920s would be best described as __________. A) an accurate portrayal of the age B) a divisive force in American society C) portraying a dream world to which most Americans could only aspire D) serious and searching examinations of contemporary problems ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
To counter growing calls for government censorship, the movie industry resorted to __________. A) self-censorship B) demanding their right of free speech C) ignoring their critics D) moving production to Canada ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1925 Scopes trial, the real issue at stake was __________. A) modern science versus fundamentalism B) enforcement of Jim Crow laws C) government restriction of free speech D) laws making Klan membership illegal ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The original Klan had been formed in the Reconstruction South as a(n) __________. A) veteran’s aid organization B) religious organization C) instrument of white racial terror D) political alternative to the Democratic Party ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
