In 1917, Congress passed a literacy test for new immigrants over Presi
In 1917, Congress passed a literacy test for new immigrants over President Wilson’s veto. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1917, Congress passed a literacy test for new immigrants over President Wilson’s veto. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
__________ articulated the policy of containment in an influential 1946 telegram. A) Harry Truman B) George Kennan C) John Foster Dulles D) J. Edgar Hoover ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The phrase “buying on margin” means A) buying stocks without your spouse knowing. B) having a secret ledger where stock purchases were recorded. C) borrowing money to buy stocks. D) borrowing from one stock’s value to buy others. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
A major feature of Song China was A) a small military. B) famine and economic decline. C) the use of scholar-officials to strengthen the central power of the state. D) terror. E) ineffective government and local anarchy. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the Congress of Industrial Organizations innovate? A) nothing that was notable B) using strikes to get businesses to comply C) using violence against non-union scabs D) the sit-down strike ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did John D. Rockefeller reject competition among oil companies? a. He believed that consolidation, not competition, created stronger companies. b. He did not want to be forced to lower his prices to consumers. c. He felt that other oil companies were inferior to his company. d. He believed that competition would only weaken his […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
By September 1, 1939, why had Germany and Japan not already been stopped in their territorial ambitions? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss war weariness from the First World I, especially in Great Britain, France, and the United States. 2. Discuss the successful choices made by German and Japanese leaders that enabled […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who advocated “black power” as the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s? a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Phillip Randolph c. Stokely Carmichael d. Thurgood Marshall e. Robert Weaver ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who said, “The most important things in this war are machines . . .”? A) Winston Churchill B) Franklin Roosevelt C) Adolf Speer D) Joseph Stalin ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Neo-Confucianism included A) reincarnation. B) the adherence to a strict code of conduct. C) nature worship. D) the denial of a pattern in all things. E) the existence of a Supreme Ultimate. ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020