Discuss the general attitude of native-born white Americans toward immigrants during the 1920s
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Native-born white Americans tended to view immigrants as a threat to the traditional American way of life. This fear fueled the Red Scare and brought demands for conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti for murder, largely because of their belief in anarchy. For the first time in its history, the United States imposed major restrictions on immigration, structuring the laws to encourage migration of those most like the white Protestants who had dominated American society before the Civil War. Mexican immigrants faced exploitation and discrimination.
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The Ottoman army carried all wages, gunpowder, weapons, and the majority of its food in its wagons and barges because:
a. The sultan feared that the converted Christian Janissaries would revert to their own religion. b. The soldiers did not know how gunpowder worked, and they needed experts in the baggage train. c. The force was rendered smaller and more mobile as a result of these precautions. d. Soldiers were not permitted to provision themselves from the belongings of villagers.
Look at the picture of the siege of Baghdad on page 373. Consider the extraordinary diversity of the lands conquered by the Mongols. How could the Mongols rule over an area this complex? Were the Mongols, for all their well-documented ferocity, tolerant rulers?
What will be an ideal response?
The 1992 riots in Los Angeles revealed:
A) a racial divide within the city between whites and minorities. B) deep-seated anger in the Korean-American community. C) black-Latino animosity. D) a new spirit of tolerance in the city.
The southern Japanese provincial leaders of Choshu and Satsuma found the most effective strategy to protect Japan against foreigners was
a. development of gunboats. b. consolidation of their forces to overthrow the shogunate. c. to copy the Tanzimat reforms. d. embrace westernization in all forms. e. none of these.