Why were some blacks attracted to the Communist Party during the 1930s?
A) The Communist Party vowed to establish a separate nation for them in Africa.
B) The Communist Party said it was against racism, but never did anything to prove it.
C) The Communist Party worked to reduce unemployment and worked against racism.
D) The Communist Party was a large, mainstream party in the 1930s with many members.
Answer: C
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A) It was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history. B) It heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks. C) It accelerated suburban growth. D) It helped to homogenize the nation. E) It reinvigorated central cities by making it easier for people to drive in to them.
Which of these statements is most descriptive of the European nations in the 1880s?
A) Germany was only beginning to unify and industrialize. B) France was acquiring territory to reclaim French honor. C) Portugal was aggressively acquiring territory. D) Italy had successfully gained the most valuable land. E) Britain took a limited approach to colonization in Africa.
The Paris Commune was
a. the seizure of power by the socialist parties in the French Parlement. b. a siege state of war between occupying forces from Prussia and Parisian rebels. c. the successor to the provisional government elected by all adult males in 1871. d. the creation of a worker's state victorious in establishing the Third Republic. e. crushed after two months by the middle-class government, resulting in the slaughter of more than 20,000 working-class activists.
The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
a) His relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress b) The healthy state of the nation's economy c) His position on civil rights d) Support from labor union