After 1830, the temperance movement, the most visible of all the reform movements, was
primarily led by
A) women and their husbands. B) men and their wives.
C) women. D) men.
C
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Congressional Republicans believed that Reconstruction should _______
A) guarantee that the southern ruling class would not regain power B) return the South to its prewar system, minus slavery C) treat the South as a conquered nation D) guarantee the civil rights of freedmen E) follow the plan that had been outlined by Lincoln
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, America
a. agreed to support Great Britain. b. was ready to plunge right in. c. was in the middle of a booming economy. d. did little trade business with Germany. e. was weighed down by an economic recession.
Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the nineteenth century was the
a. lack of first-rate art schools. b. Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time. c. cultural dependence on Europe. d. lack of adequate patronage from the wealthy or the government. e. popular suspicion of artistic creativity.
What was the main reason for the Ku Klux Klan's success in the South after 1868?
A) popular support from whites of all social classes for white supremacy B) its centralized political organization C) its support from the southern state Republican governments D) the persistent threat of a violent black uprising against the white planter class E) the Force Act, which protected terrorist groups like the Klan from being arrested