Franklin Roosevelt won the election in 1944 primarily because
a. Republican Thomas E. Dewey was an ardent isolationist and deep skeptic of the war effort.
b. labor unions turned out for Roosevelt.
c. Harry Truman was his running mate.
d. questions arose regarding Thomas E. Dewey's honesty.
e. the war was going well.
e
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A) Yemen. B) Cairo. C) Akan. D) Baghdad. E) Beni.
How did political activism for civil rights change from the 1950s to the early 1960s?
A) Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced reliance on court action. B) Reliance on court action replaced direct, peaceful confrontation. C) Reliance on court action replaced violent means of forcing social change. D) Violent means of forcing social change replaced direct, peaceful confrontation. E) Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced violent means of forcing social change.
How did women contribute to protests against the Stamp Act?
a. They organized committees of correspondence. b. They made signs and other materials for their husbands to use at protests. c. They threw British tea in city harbors. d. They hanged colonial tax officials in effigy. e. They held spinning bees and wore homespun cloth.
The 1829 drama Metamora was significant because of all of the following EXCEPT that
A. Edwin Forrest's portrayal of an Algonquin warrior was intended to sympathize with Indians. B. Edwin Forrest wanted to boost his own career. C. it was an attempt by Edwin Forrest to legitimize American theater. D. it was a response to the Indian Removal policy.