In 1905 W. E. B. Du Bois joined with other black leaders to form ...

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Question 1

On the eve of World War I, __________ of the worlds population lived under the rule of Europeans or their descendants.
 
  A) three-quarters
  B) one-half
  C) one-third
  D) one-quarter

Question 2

Discuss the role of socialism in American politics and the labor movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

What explains the influx of Jewish immigrants between 1880 and 1920?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What steps did Theodore Roosevelt take to protect and preserve Americas natural world?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

How did Henry Ford revolutionize automobile production?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 6

In 1905 W. E. B. Du Bois joined with other black leaders to form the __________.
 
  A) Southern Christian Leadership Council
  B) Council on Racial Equality
  C) Niagara Movement
  D) Congressional Black Caucus

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Answer 1

Answer: A

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Socialism was never as strong in the United States as it was in Europe, but it did gain strength at the turn of the century.
  


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  Socialists promoted labor unions and the rights of women and formed their own political party.
  


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  Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs became the spokesperson and leader of the Socialist party.
  


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  Between 1900 and 1920, he was the partys candidate for president.
  


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  Although the socialists never gathered a large enough following to win national elections, they elected hundreds of candidates to local office.
  

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  In 1880, there were about 250,000 Jews in America; by 1920, there were 4 million.
  


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  A number of factors motivated Jews to leave their small towns in Europe.
  


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  Economic turmoil and restrictions on Jewish land ownership, trade, and business left many Jews impoverished.
  


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  Anti-Semitic policies in Russia and eastern Europe confined many Jews to live in restricted areas.
  


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  Even more devastating was anti-Semitic violence in the form of pogroms.
  


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  Many Jewish young men emigrated to avoid being conscripted into the czars army.
  

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  More than any previous president, Roosevelt used the federal government to manage the natural world.
  


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  Roosevelt advocated both preservation and conservation.
  


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  His preservation policies doubled the number of national parks, created sixteen national monuments, and established fifty-one wildlife refuges.
  


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  At the same time, he shared the view of conservationists that timberlands, areas for livestock grazing, water, and minerals needed federal government management.
  


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  Roosevelt transferred 125 million acres of public land into the forest reserves to prevent the depletion of timber and he set aside land for dam sites, oil and coal reserves, and grazing.
  

Answer 5

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Henry Ford was among the most successful industrialists to employ Frederick Winslow Taylors efficiency techniques.
  


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  He developed design and production methods that brought the cost of an automobile within the reach of the average worker.
  


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  In 1913, Ford introduced the assembly line.
  


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  Assembly-line manufacturing increased production while cutting costs.
  


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  In 1914, Ford increased his workers wages to 5 per day.
  


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  While his business practices enabled his workers to also become consumers, his motives were to maintain a stable work force and sell more cars.
  

Answer 6

Answer: C

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