How did the experience of World War I affect life in the 1920s?
A) Great waves of immigration after the war caused many Americans to embrace traditional cultural and social values.
B) Wartime sacrifices fueled a new obsession with consumption and immediate gratification.
C) The great loss of life prompted a renewed commitment to religious community.
D) The labor force shifted dramatically due to the large number of injured veterans who could not return to work.
Answer: B
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The author of the popular book, The Wretched of the Earth, who argued that violence was a "psychologically healthy and tactically sound method for the oppressed," was:
A) Frantz Fanon. B) Stokely Carmichael. C) H. Rap Brown. D) Eldridge Cleaver.
What was a common occupation for many black soldiers in Europe?
A) They were often a part of the transportation corps, delivering supplies to soldiers at the front lines. B) They were only responsible for digging trenches and setting up temporary quarters for white soldiers. C) They were rarely put in any position of danger during the war. D) No African Americans were sent to Europe because they were thought to be lazy and cowardly.
During the Civil War, the Union's attempts to cut the Confederacy off from seaborne commerce proved difficult at first because:
A) British merchant ships aggressively pushed through to southern ports and challenged the Union's authority to block their trade.
B) Confederates relied on allied coastal tribes to harass the Union navy with small attacks from the shore.
C) the strategy of a naval blockade was new and had never been tried before.
D) the Union only had forty-two ships to patrol 3,550 miles of Confederate coastline.
E) the southerners did not need foreign imports and ignored the Union occupation of New Orleans.
By 1784, which of the following states had begun the process of emancipation?
A) Connecticut B) New York C) New Jersey D) Delaware