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Question 1

Why did photographer Dorothea Lange believe that the picture on the right, Migrant Mother series no. 6, would have a more powerful impact on the public than the initial picture on the left, Migrant Mother series no. 2?
 
  A) Series no. 6 demonstrated that, by showing trash in their living quarters, the family was
  undisciplined and lazy.
  B) Series no. 6 depicted a family who was asking the government to provide federal support.
  C) Series no. 6 sent a clearer message that focused on the despair of the mother and her small
  children.
  D) Series no. 6 showed that the mother began to have children at a very young age.

Question 2

As seen in this photograph, Annie Oakley was typically portrayed as __________.
 
  A) a strong woman bent on challenging traditional gender roles
  B) a performer whose apparent skill was probably fake
  C) upholding Victorian mores and values
  D) combining feminine beauty with masculine strength

Question 3

What conclusion did most Americans reach when watching this 1991 video clip of Los Angeles police beating African American Rodney King after pursuing him on an 8-mile car chase?
 
  A) Most Americans were divided on whether there was a racist police force using brutality
  against blacks or whether police were just doing their job to keep law and order.
  B) The majority of the American public believed that the Los Angeles policemen were poorly
  trained and harbored racist attitudes toward blacks and Latinos.
  C) Most Americans supported the jury's decision that the officers were overworked and were
  doing their job to uphold law and order in a dangerous neighborhood.
  D) Blacks and Latinos in Los Angeles marched in peaceful demonstrations to protest the jury's
  not guilty decision against the police charged with King's beating.

Question 4

How is Thomas Jefferson portrayed in this image drawn by a Federalist political cartoonist?
 
  A) as someone who hates the French
  B) as a traitor to American interests
  C) as a pious and moralistic leader
  D) as a heroic figure

Question 5

Why did the federal government beginning in 1929 effectively end legal immigration from Mexico for the duration of the Great Depression?
 
  A) Job opportunities were better in Mexico.
  B) The government wanted to protect the jobs of native-born Americans.
  C) Violence between Mexican immigrants and Okies was on the rise.
  D) Most Mexican immigrants were in the country illegally.



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Answer 1

C

Answer 2

D

Answer 3

A

Answer 4

B

Answer 5

B




deesands

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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