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Questions
1. What was one benefit that Northern cities of the Jazz Age could offer Black Americans, which Southern cities could not?
a) Freedom for Black people to congregate for religious worship.
b) A wider range of acceptable careers.
c) An escape from segregated public facilities.
d) The opportunity for greater political engagement.
2. What belief was common to the "New Negro" of the 1920s?
A) Vocational training should take priority over art and literature.
B) Public facilities should remain "separate but equal."
C) Black people should return to the South once civil rights legislation had been passed.
d) Viewing Africa as a common homeland for all Black people.
3. How did Hoover advocate for Native Americans during his presidency?
a) He reduced federal expenditures for Native American schools and health care.
b) He passed anti-lynching laws that ensured equal opportunities for all minorities.
c) Hoover didn't support assimilation of Native Americans through boarding schools like Carlisle Industrial School.
d) He elected Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw Tribe, as his running mate and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
4. How did American culture represent the shift in values from the 1920's to the 1930's?
a) Films about wealth and spending became popular.
b) Americans refrained from the arts because it focused on everyone's transition from riches to rags.
c) Americans stayed away from cultural films that distracted them from working hard..
d) The arts emphasized collectivism and preserving family life rather than luxury.
5. Which of the following statements best characterizes Franklin Roosevelt's campaign promises during the Election of 1932?
a) He promised to add new seats to the conservative Supreme Court.
b) He pledged an investigation into the violence against the Bonus Army.
c) He called for tax cuts and leaving the economy to self-correct.
d) He pledged vague and unspecified measures of reform and relief.
6. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
a) Japan was closer to Pearl Harbor.
b) Japan was not confident in attacking the Philippines.
c) Japan's attack on pearl harbor was retaliation from the United States sinking a Japanese navy ship.
d) Japan wanted to prevent the United States from interfering with their expansion in the Pacific.
7. The increase in the number of Mexican Americans employed in the U.S. during WWII resulted from:
a) Better living conditions in the cities
b) Improved relations with Anglo-Americans
c) Government programs to reduce discrimination
d) Wartime labor shortages
8. What was the result of the U.S. embargo on war materials going to Japan?
a) The economic pressure slowed down the Japanese war machine as materials such as rubber and oil became scarce.
b) Japan withdrew from the League of Nations in protest
c) Japan and China formed an alliance - the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
d) Japan launched invasions across the Pacific to secure rubber, oil, and steel.
9. What are some of the causes of women joining the war?
a) The men in the war needed backup assistance.
b) Many women had obtained skills that could be utilized in war.
c) Women were not part of any organizations, so they saw joining the war as an opportunity to be part of an organization.
d) The United States government asked for women to fill the labor needs of the people.