Author Question: How did Roosevelt respond to the Brownsville riot? A) He lambasted the military for mistreatment ... (Read 57 times)

go.lag · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

All of the following statements are true about the life and work of Eugene Debs EXCEPT:

A) He was the most important socialist leader in the United States during the early 1900s.
B) He ran on the Socialist party ticket for president several times.
C) He was a great orator.
D) He supported the capitalist state.

Question 2

What was the platform of the Progressive party?

A) a six-day work week
B) abolition of child labor
C) federal accident and old age insurance
D) All of the above.

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a part of the early development of the NAACP?

A) W.E.B. Du Bois became editor of the organization's journal, The Crisis.
B) Du Bois's Niagara Movement merged with the NAACP in 1910.
C) The organization sought to promote reform from within the political system.
D) Only blacks took part in the organization.

Question 4

All of the following statements are true about Jane Addams and her racial response to the progressive movement EXCEPT:

A) She struggled with the racist attitudes of her day.
B) She founded a black settlement house in Chicago.
C) She supported the founding of the NAACP.
D) She adopted black children into her own family.

Question 5

How did Roosevelt respond to the Brownsville riot?

A) He lambasted the military for mistreatment of black troops.
B) He ordered the black troops dishonorably discharged.
C) He had white military officers arrested.
D) He ordered the dishonorable discharge of white officers.