President Wilson __________
A) blocked legislation granting United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans
B) refused to segregate the few federal agencies that had employed blacks
C) approved requests from the NAACP to support an anti-lynching law
D) ignored minorities and appointed only white Southerners to his cabinet
Answer: D
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How did the Marshall Plan work in practice?
a) European nations got loans to rebuild but had to buy raw materials and industrial products from the United States and Canada, plus join the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. b) European nations could borrow money from the Marshall Plan, but only if they joined the United Nations and renounced communism. Consider This: Over four years, the Americans and Canadians sent nearly $13 billion to Europe to rebuild. See 14.2: The Crumbling Alliance. c) All European nations could join the Marshall Plan and borrow money to rebuild, but former members of the Axis also had to formally apologize for starting the war. Consider This: Over four years, the Americans and Canadians sent nearly $13 billion to Europe to rebuild. See 14.2: The Crumbling Alliance. d) European nations that had supported the Allies or been invaded before the outbreak of the war could arrange for inexpensive loans to rebuild; nothing was offered to Germany or Italy. Consider This: Over four years, the Americans and Canadians sent nearly $13 billion to Europe to rebuild. See 14.2: The Crumbling Alliance.
At its premier, Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, now considered as a classic example of modernism in music and ballet,
A) drew great public acclaim as a modern masterwork. B) inspired many authors to write poems using the music. C) caused a riot by the audience because of its sharp dissonance and blatant sensuality. D) restored audiences' faith in music as a rational and soothing art. E) was ignored when first performed and only became recognized as a classic several decades later.
Which book was largely responsible for calling attention to the problems of hidden urban and rural poverty in America?
A) The Omni Americans B) How the Other Half Lives C) The Other America D) The Grapes of Wrath
Why did the United States refuse the Kyoto protocol?
A) The science of global warming was unfounded and the United States would not act without proof. B) The United States received counter-evidence to that presented at Kyoto in reference to global warming. C) As the leading industrialized nation, damage to the economy would result in a depression if Kyoto emissions protocols were adhered to. D) The United States refused to act on "precautionary" principles, which would subject her to painful economic constraints based upon unproven scientific theories. E) The United States scientists were able to verify that emissions calculations were incorrect, and therefore would not adhere to the protocol.