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Question 1

The first event which foreshadowed the coming of World War II was:
 
  A) Hitler's annexation of Austria.
  B) Japan's seizure of Manchuria.
  C) Mussolini's annexation of Czechoslovakia.
  D) Russia's invasion of Poland.

Question 2

Why was Mary McLeod Bethune important?
 
  A) She used mass media to shame the Roosevelts into supporting African-American causes and needs.
  B) Through her novels, she provided an African-American voice and experience that white Americans would listen to, and in that way learn from.
  C) With her money, she financed educational opportunities to impoverished, inner city African-Americans and helped them to get better lives.
  D) Through her own advocacy, and her connection to Eleanor Roosevelt, she made gains for African-Americans in general, and for African-American women particularly.

Question 3

Between 1943 and 1945, a unique community emerged in Los Alamos, New Mexico, made up of:
 
  A) displaced Dust Bowl farmers.
  B) African American factory workers.
  C) scientists, engineers, and their families.
  D) Japanese internees.

Question 4

Who organized the Southern Tenant Farmers Union?
 
  A) Hispanic-Americans
  B) an interracial group of poor farmers
  C) African-Americans
  D) the Ku Klux Klan

Question 5

The project name for the atomic bomb was:
 
  A) Torch.
  B) Manhattan.
  C) Gadget.
  D) Overlord.

Question 6

Why did the National Recovery Administration (NRA) set low minimum salaries in laundry services and tobacco production?
 
  A) Those industries were disappearing and there was no need to prop up a vanishing labor force's wages.
  B) Large numbers of African-Americans worked those industries, and racism worked against them from within the NRA.
  C) Women predominantly worked those industries, and sexism worked against them from within the NRA.
  D) Because the NRA administrators used arbitrary formulas that sometimes randomly worked against a given group of workers.



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Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: D

Answer 3

Answer: C

Answer 4

Answer: C

Answer 5

Answer: B

Answer 6

Answer: B





 

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