How did Congress respond to the populist anti-immigrant sentiment? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will include: 1. Discuss how eugenics and IQ tests provided seemingly scientific relevance to immigration limitations. 2. Discuss the literacy test and the quota system passed by Congress. 3. Discuss the nativism that emerged in response to economic and social […]
Which group was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921? a. Italians b. Russians c. Germans d. Mexicans e. Irish ANSWER D
The harm caused by the drastic drop in stock prices after 1929 demonstrated that A) certain people were ruining a good thing for everyone else. B) no matter what, capitalism is more harmful than good. C) life is unpredictable. D) U.S. corporations were playing an ever-bigger role in the economy. ANSWER Answer: D
The Truman Doctrine was put forward in the context of a crisis in __________. A) eastern Europe B) Guam C) the Philippines D) Greece and Turkey ANSWER D
Franklin Roosevelt opposed simply handing out welfare money, the “dole,” and preferred, instead, to give people government jobs to relieve their economic woes and to improve the general economy. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Typically, immigrants, Catholics, freethinkers, and backwoods farmers of the 1840s would be members of the __________. a. Democratic party b. Equal Rights party c. Loco-focos d. Whig party e. Republican party ANSWER A
The period from September 1939 to April 1940 was known as the “Phony War” because A) the German invasion of Poland was accomplished with little resistance. B) Hitler was offering peace plans. C) there was little fighting after the German advance into Poland. D) the German army was unable to advance against resistance in Norway […]
Population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland was retarded by __________. a. many young women who chose to remain single to ensure their property rights b. emigration to Bermuda c. the kidnapping of many women and children by local Indians d. a high life expectancy rate for women but not for men e. a gender […]
Who reported that Germany’s manufacturing capability was “outmoded, tradition-bound, and arthritic . . .”? A) the U.S. War Production Board B) President Roosevelt C) Joseph Stalin D) Albert Speer ANSWER Answer: D
What was the Columbian Exchange? How did it change the Americas? How did it change the rest of the world? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of people, animals, plants, and diseases that took place after European contact with the Americas. […]
