Of the following groups that migrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century were motivated most by the fear of violence?
a. Chinese
b. Japanese
c. Italians
d. Russian Jews
ANS: d
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Neo-Confucianism resulted from a synthetic social and political formation, a pattern in which:
a. Two different traditions evolve with little or no common ground. b. One tradition rejects the beliefs of another as mere ‘superstitions.' c. The most durable opposing elements of two traditions merge into a compatible whole. d. Two different traditions battle through rival leaders, until one emerges triumphant.
Spade and Valentine explain that the _________ one accrues from a combination of socially constructed categories explains the patterns created by these categories.
a. identity b. power c. degree of normativity d. resources
How might FDR's personal background have prepared him to meet the challenges of the Great Depression?
a. Since he was from a privileged background, he did not personally suffer financial hardship, which left him free to address the country's crisis. b. His service as assistant secretary of the Navy under Wilson prepared him to balance foreign and domestic affairs during the Great Depression. c. His relationship to Theodore Roosevelt gave him a reputation as a conservationist and powerful Republican leader. d. His bout with polio gave him personal experience of suffering and made him more sensitive to the downtrodden of society. e. His Ivy League education made him sensitive to the needs of wealthy American businessmen during the Great Depression.
Who led the way in pioneering a close relationship between government and private business in the 1920s?
a) Herbert Hoover b) Kenneth Roberts c) Thomas G. Oden d) Madison Grant