Why did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) target the film industry beginning in 1947?
a. It had evidence of the communist activities of the directors, writers, and actors who dominated Hollywood.
b. A recently concluded labor strike against a major studio underscored the growing power of the labor movement, especially the CIO, which HUAC believed to be dominated by Communists and left-wing unions.
c. The HUAC was controlled by the conservative heads of some of the major film studios who hoped to use HUAC's attacks to weaken their rivals.
d. The President of the Screen Actors Guild, Ronald Reagan, hoped to advance his political career and encouraged the HUAC investigations.
b
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A. Scientific research has proven that peoples from all racial and ethnic groups are equal in every respect. B. Society has an obligation to prevent the reproduction of people deemed to be mentally defective and of those who are criminally inclined. C. Aside from reproductive differences necessary for continuation of the species, differences between males and females are caused by culture and society. D. The cure for all human diseases may be found in the plant world.
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a. Romans b. Venetians c. Florentines d. Portuguese e. Genoese
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A. Selecting on the basis of age, social class, and developmental stage B. Tendency to study males and male issues more often than females and female issues C. Relying more on college student samples D. All of these answers are correct.
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A. ending the fallow section of land B. alternating crops and livestock C. enclosure D. adding new crops E. farming by collective means and ruling by village council