Author Question: In 1940, Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions ... (Read 113 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

In 1940, Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions among the American people when he

a. avoided attacking the New Deal.
b. refused to raise the racial issue.
c. declined to criticize Roosevelt for seeking a third term.
d. avoided attacking the draft.
e. avoided attacking Roosevelt for his increasingly interventionist policies.

Question 2

Which of the following demonstrated the persistent racial divide in America during the 1990s?

a. The contrasting attitudes of whites and African Americans to the not guilty verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder case.
b. The outbreak of the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of white police officers who had been videotaped viciously beating a black suspect.
c. America's segmented and separate residential patterns with minorities making up majorities within many American cities and whites dominating the suburbs.
d. Massive partisan differences among black and white voters with African Americans and other minorities becoming more consequential parts of the Democratic base and whites gravitating increasingly to the Republicans.
e. All of these choices are correct.