In 1920, the National American Woman Suffrage Association reorganized itself as the __________. A) American Women’s Party B) National Organization of Women C) National Woman’s Party D) League of Women Voters ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Buying stock with credit offered by a broker is called “buying on __________.” A) the curb B) margin C) the split D) your cuff ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
California repatriated Mexicans and Mexican Americans because __________. A) unemployed whites wanted jobs held by Mexicans B) the Dust Bowl had destroyed California agriculture C) Mexico experienced labor shortages D) Mexican Americans found better opportunities in other states ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
New Deal programs for the arts—writers, painters, musicians, and others—were administered by the __________. A) AAA B) WPA C) CCC D) NRA ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were many artists and intellectuals attracted to the Communist Party during the Depression years? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: radicalism; influence of Marxist analysis; search for alternatives to the American system; appeal of communism for African American writers and thinkers; the rise of fascism
Date: September 9th, 2020
The success of the first atomic bomb test convinced Truman that __________. A) the United States no longer needed Soviet aid to win the war B) the United States would not need to join the United Nations C) Japan would surrender without a fight once told about the bomb D) Germany could be defeated with […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1938-1939, the western powers “appeased” Hitler by allowing him, with resistance, to annex part and then all of __________. A) Belgium B) Czechoslovakia C) Poland D) Denmark ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you were a young woman during World War II and wanted to serve in the navy, which of these would you have joined? A) WAVES B) WAC C) WAFSP D) MCWR ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The NATO alliance was formed in response to __________. A) the Berlin blockade and airlift crisis B) publication of the “long telegram” C) Truman’s “Iron Curtain” speech D) red-baiting accusations of McCarthy ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What two developments did Truman consider “two halves of the same walnut”? A) NATO and SEATO B) the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan C) East and West Germany D) the CIA and the NSC ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
