Which of the following statements about the revived Ku Klux Klan is LEAST accurate?
a. Its membership swelled to over 100,000 by the beginning of the 1920s.
b. It remained an almost purely southern institution, like its Reconstruction-era predecessor.
c. It targeted not only blacks, but also Asians, Catholics, and Jews.
d. The antiblack violence which it aroused was targeted especially at black soldiers, a number of whom were killed.
b. It remained an almost purely southern institution, like its Reconstruction-era predecessor.
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Which of the following statements is an accurate reflection of life in Protestant Europe in the 1500s and 1600s?
A. Clergy were required to remain celibate. B. The family became the center of human life. C. England's Henry VIII established the Lutheran Church in his kingdom. D. Women were encouraged to read and interpret scripture. E. Women were given equal political rights with men.
Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle exposed conditions in the __________ industry.
a. steel b. oil c. mining d. meatpacking
Which of the following groups were mystics who had a feel for popular worship of natural forces and helped the Muslim missionaries succeed in spreading Islam?
a. Saharan Arabs known as Kunta b. Torokawa scholars c. Sufis d. a dynasty of sultans in Java
What was the goal of William S. Rainford's institutional church movement?
A) To seek new Episcopal congregants among inner city immigrant groups. B) To combat social ills such as prostitution, crime and excessive alcohol consumption. C) To establish a new Christian denomination for Irish immigrants. D) To insist that downtown churches provide social services to immigrants such as recreational facilities and industrial training programs. E) To improve racial and ethnic relations in the growing inner city.