Question 1
What values were associated with the cult of true womanhood?
A) egalitarianism with their male counterparts
B) piety, motherhood, and sexual passivity
C) the importance of being consumers in the competitive marketplace
D) women's weaknesses and tendencies toward moral depravity
Question 2
Why did the War Department in 1943 approve the dissemination of bloody battlefield photographs such as Life magazine's Here Lie Three Americans, although victories in the South Pacific and North Africa had raised spirits at home?
A) The War Department felt that morbid pictures like this one would decrease morale at home.
B) The American public needed to be reminded that continued civilian sacrifice was still needed.
C) Life magazine believed it could sell more issues if it focused on shocking images from the
war.
D) The War Department was hoping that the public could help identify the bodies of unknown
soldiers.
Question 3
What role did disease play in the Columbian Exchange?
A) The negative impact of disease was limited to the Indian population.
B) New food products discovered in the Americas infected Europeans with previously unknown
diseases.
C) New World Indians were decimated by smallpox and other diseases brought by Europeans.
D) The diseases brought by Europeans to the New World wiped out large numbers of native
animal populations.
Question 4
What was the major impact of improved water quality, waste removal, and street cleaning in urban centers during the late 1800s?
A) the creation of urban parks to offer wholesomeness and recreational spaces for city dwellers
B) the assurance of better safety measures to protect urbanites from rising crime rates
C) the alleviation of contagious diseases among the urban poor
D) the promotion of greater entrepreneurship for street vendors in ethnic enclaves
Question 5
In her painting Domestic Happiness, artist Lily Martin Spencer intends for the woman's hand gesture to communicate both her emotional intimacy with her husband and her __________.
A) subtle power over him
B) sexual desire for him
C) wish to protect their children from him
D) dominion over the world of their children
Question 6
General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the __________.
A) bombing raids on German cities
B) Battle of the Atlantic
C) North African campaign
D) invasion of Normandy