The Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote was embraced by many progressives because
A. it could offset growing jingoism and militarism, especially once World War I began.
B. the higher moral character of women would help clean up politics.
C. the women agitating for it moderated the radicalism of their campaign.
D. a large majority of American voters favored it.
Answer: B
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a. Hoover's anti-prohibition stance drew new Republican votes from ethnic workers. b. fundamentalists attacked Al Smith because he was a Roman Catholic. c. the voters associated the apparent prosperity of the 1920s with the Republicans. d. Hoover had always distanced himself from the reactionary wing of the Republican Party.
Based on the settlement drawn up in 1815, the primary goal of the Congress of Vienna appears to have been
a. the creation of a stable balance of power system in Europe. b. the containment of French and German aggression. c. the strengthening and unification of formerly decentralized states. d. a united defense against Muslim aggression.
The median age at first marriage for men and women in 1950, compared to 1930, was
A) stable. B) plummeting. C) higher. D) lower.
The author ________ wrote novels such as As I Lay Dying in the early 1930s that revealed southern racial problems
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).