Author Question: In the early twentieth century, eugenics A. was exposed by a federal commission as a fraudulent ... (Read 37 times)

rachel9 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The brilliant lawyer Louis D. Brandeis, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the curse of bigness

A. encouraged abuses of power.

B. limited competition.

C. All these answers are correct.

D. was inefficient.

E. was a threat to freedom.

Question 2

During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World

A. was dominated by anarchists.

B. emphasized education for the working class.

C. rejected the economic principles of both capitalism and Marxism.

D. advocated a single union for all workers.

E. was a more violent organization than the public recognized at the time.

Question 3

World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States

A. because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.

B. because the Socialist Party supported Germany.

C. both because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country, and because the Socialist Party supported Germany.

D. All these answers are correct.

E. because the Socialist Party had dynamited key railroad lines to prevent troop movement.

Question 4

In the early twentieth century, eugenics

A. was exposed by a federal commission as a fraudulent science.

B. asserted that the root of many urban problems was overcrowded cities.

C. aimed to subvert and oppose the rising tide of nativism.

D. supported the restriction of immigration by nationality.

E. contended that inequalities between humans were rooted in education.