Question of the Day
All but which of the following were problems for
the pioneer farmers of the Great Plains?
(A)lack of rain
(B)lack of available land
(C)declining crop prices
(D)isolation and loneliness
(E)lack of housing materials
The 1887 Dawes Act
(A) had little effect on the total amount of land held by
Indians
(B) prevented the sale of reservation lands to white
settlers
(C) was intended to protect and strengthen Indian tribal
loyalty and pride
(D) allowed many Indians to return to hunting as a
means of subsistence
(E) sought to assimilate Indians more quickly into
American society by emphasizing the family unit
and reducing dependency on the communal tribe
In the period between the end of the Civil War
and the beginning of the 20thCentury, which
of the following received the largest amount
of federal western lands?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Indians
state governments
railroad companies
homesteading families
private business corporations
Which of the following was a feature of the
sharecropping system that developed in the South
following the Civil War?
(A) cotton prices rose quickly to their pre-war levels
(B) the landowner was usually African-American and
the sharecropper was usually white
(C) at the end of the growing season landowners paid
workers a share of the harvest's profit
(D) landowners were consistently honest in their
treatment of sharecroppers
(E) ex-slaves quickly gained economic and social status
in the new South
In Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 essay, "The Significance of the
Frontier in American History," he asserted that which of the
following were fostered by the American frontier?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
self-reliance
independent nature
Lawlessness
democratic values
greater similarity to European political tradition
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I, II, IV, V
I, II, III, V
II, III, IV, V
I, II, IV
I, II, III, IV, V
Which of the following was the first ethnic
group legally excluded from the United
States by legislation passed by Congress in
1882?
(A) Chinese
(B) Germans
(C) Russians
(D) Italians
(E) Mexicans
Which of the following is not true of the
American Federation of Labor in the 1880sand
1890s?
(A) its president and founder was Samuel Gompers
(B) its goals included higher wages, shorter hours,
and safe working conditions
(C) it was very active in political struggles at both the
national and local level
(D) it quickly replaced the Knights of Labor as the
leading labor union in the U.S.
(E) it opposed the open shop movement
The phrase "white man's burden" referred to
A) American Indians
B) the enormous cost of 19th century
European wars
C) the sense of obligation felt by whites in
England and America to "civilize"non-white
people
D) the role of the Freedmen's Bureau in
educating ex-slaves
E) the results of the Mexican-American War
In 1890 the most important source of federal
government revenue was
A. income taxes.
B. inheritance taxes.
C. sales taxes.
D. liquor taxes.
E. custom duties.
Which of the following presidents were accused
of having an illegitimate child?
I. George Washington
II. Thomas Jefferson
III. Abraham Lincoln
IV. Grover Cleveland
A) I, II, and IV only
B) II, III, and IV only
C) II and IV only
D) none of the above
E) all of the above
Which of the following is a late nineteenth
century American artist associated with
impressionism?
(A) Thomas Eakins
(B) Mary Cassatt
(C) James Whistler
(D) Edward Hopper
(E) Thomas Cole
Who wrote the following: "Keep, ancient lands,
your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched
refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp
beside the golden door!"
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Emma Lazarus
Which of the following is not a feature of Tammany Hall,
a political machine that controlled New York City in
the Gilded Age?
(A) a "boss" headed the organization which was
supported by local business leaders
(B) machine workers delivered voters on election day,
usually insuring re-election
(C) immigrants often found employment through
machine connections
(D) public services (almshouses, orphanages, Brooklyn
Bridge construction, etc.)expanded in the period of
Tammany Hall control
(E) association with local church leaders encouraged
corruption-free administrations
All but which of the following are changes in
college education in the last quarter of the
19th century?
(A) the first separate graduate schools
(B) an increase in laboratories in the sciences
(C) an increased emphasis on the classics,
particularly Greek and Hebrew
(D) more colleges and universities established
(E) more opportunities for women
The immigrants who came to America in the
1890s tended to be from
(A) Mexico
(B) Africa
(C) Scandinavia
(D) southern and eastern Europe
(E) China
The Populist goal of the unlimited coinage of
silver was most strongly supported by
(A) Bankers
(B) farmers with mortgages
(C) southern sharecroppers
(D) gold-mine owners
(E) Republican senators
Which of the following was not a cause of the
Spanish American War?
A. The yellow press
B. The U.S. desire to eliminate control the
Caribbean by European nations
C. The U.S. desire to control Cuba for its
strategic location in the Caribbean
D. The sinking of the USS Maine
E. The US desire to support the Filipino people
in their quest for independence
Place the following events in the correct
chronological order
I. Emilio Aguinaldo organizes Filipinos to fight
American troops
II. U.S.S. Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor
III. Spanish fleet is destroyed in Manila Bay
IV. U.S. declares war on Spain
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) II, IV, III, I
(C) II, IV, III, I
(D) IV, IIII, II, I
(E) II, I, IV, III
In the 1898 Treaty of Paris
(A) Guam became an independent nation
(B) Spain admitted sole guilt for the destruction
of the U.S.S. Maine
(C) Spain gave up all claims to Cuba
(D) the Philippine Islands were transferred to
U.S. control with no payment to Spain
(E) the U.S. agreed to give Cuba its freedom
Settlement houses, such as Hull House in Chicago,
provided which of the following services to urban
residents
I. day care nurseries and kindergartens
II. communal housing and dining services
III. English and arts and crafts classes
IV. playground and gymnasiums
(A) I and II only
(B) I, III, and IV only
(C) II and III only
(D) I and IV only
(E) all of the services
Which of the following planks of the 1992 Populist Party
platform eventually resulted in constitutional
amendments?
I.
public ownership of all railroads
II. public ownership of telephone and telegraph
companies
III. graduated federal income tax
IV. election of senators by popular vote
A) I, II, and III only
B) II and III only
C) III and IV only
D) II, III, and IV only
E) all of the goals resulted in constitutional
amendments
William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold”
oration was primarily an expression of his
A. fundamentalist religious beliefs.
B. neutral stance toward the belligerents of
the First World War.
C. advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
D. opposition to teaching the theory of
evolution in public schools.
E. anti-imperialist convictions.
Which of the following would most likely
have supported Progressive reforms in the
first decades of the 20th century?
(A)leaders of urban political machines
(B) steel and oil company owners
(C) white middle class city residents
(D)bankers
(E) migrant farm workers
Throughout the first half of the twentieth
century, women reformers were most
active in the cause of
A. temperance.
B. women’s suffrage.
C. pacifism.
D. immigrants’ rights.
E. workers’ rights.
The Northern Securities case
(A) resulted in the Supreme Court ordering a railroad
monopoly to be dissolved
(B) was an example of President Theodore
Roosevelt's refusal to get actively involved in trust
cases
(C) was based on the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act
(D) resulted in a number of new holding companies
and trusts being formed
(E) established the principle that a holding company's
intent to eliminate competition is protected by
the Constitution
In Progress and Poverty Henry George
argued that justice in society could be
obtained through
(A) Socialism
(B) laissez faire capitalism
(C) a progressive income tax
(D) a single tax on land
(E) Social Darwinsim
Proponents of the Social Gospel
(A) supported the principles of Social Darwinism
(B) also advocated the ideals of the Gospel of
Wealth
(C) were largely members of the Roman Catholic
Church
(D) sought to apply the ethical teachings of Jesus
to urban problems
(E) first gained followers in the 1830s during the
Second Great Awakening
Which of the following famous American
female reformers is incorrectly matched
with her chief cause?
A) Dorothea Dix--mental health
B) Sojourner Truth--abolition of slavery
C) Alice Paul--women's suffrage
D) Jane Addams--family planning and
birth control
E) Carrie Nation--temperance
The Socialist Party of America
A. opposed Civil Rights legislation.
B. supported government ownership of
utility companies.
C. was led by Booker T. Washington.
D. was eventually absorbed by the
conservative wing of the Republican party.
E. advocated for the creation of the Federal
Reserve System.
In the presidential election of 1912
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Theodore Roosevelt finished first in the
popular vote
Republicans chose to nominate Roosevelt
over the incumbent William Howard Taft
Democrat Woodrow Wilson finished first in
both the popular and electoral vote
Taft was nicknamed the "Bull Moose"
candidate because of his enormous weight
none of the candidates supported
Progressive principles
Which of the following emerged during the
Progressive Movement as the most
influential advocate of full political,
economical, and social equality for Black
America?
A. W.E.B. DuBois
B. Frederick Douglass
C. Booker T. Washington
D. Ida B. Wells
E. Langston Hughes
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine expanded America’s role in
A. Central America and the Caribbean.
B. The Philippines.
C. North Africa.
D. Asia.
E. Europe.
Which of the following statements are true of the
February 1918 Zimmermann Telegram?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Germany pledged to help Mexico recover the regions of the
American southwest that were lost by Mexico in the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Germany threatened the U.S. with trade sanctions if it entered the
war
Germany announced its intention to resume unrestricted
submarine warfare
The U.S. intercepted a telegram from German to Mexican officials
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
I and IV only
I and III only
I, II, and III only
III and IV only
all of the statements are true
During World War I
(A) American intellectuals warmly welcomed the
outpouring of patriotism and national pride
(B) integration of black and white troops in combat
units was common
(C) American civil liberties were fiercely protected by
both the Congress and the courts
(D) the U.S. reduced its role as a creditor nation
(E) the federal government set prices, controlled
production and generally became heavily involved
in the private sector of the American economy
The most important goal of Woodrow Wilson
at the 1919 Versailles meetings was to
(A) establish an international organization to
prevent future wars
(B) end unrestricted submarine warfare
(C) impose reparations payments on Germany
(D) acquire colonies for the U.S.
(E) force Germany to accept sole responsibility
for the war
Woodrow Wilson hardened senate opposition to the
Treaty of Versailles by his refusal to compromise on
the issue of
A. reparations limited to the amount that Germany
could pay.
B. plebiscites to determine the new borders of
Germany.
C. the border between Italy and Yugoslavia.
D. protectorate status for African colonies seized
from Germany.
E. the unconditional adherence of the United States
to the charter of the League of Nations.
The words "bootlegger," "speakeasy," and
"noble experiment" all refer to
(A) the Ku Klux Klan
(B) the Scopes Trial fundamentalistmodernist controversy
(C) the 19th Amendment
(D) Prohibition
(E) Mexican immigrants
Which of the following characterized the
flappers of the 1920s?
I. smoking cigarettes
II. drinking alcohol
III. wearing cosmetics
IV. bobbed hair
V. straight, tight dresses with bare arms
(A) I, II and III only
(B) I, III, IV and V only
(C) I, II, III and V only
(D) II, III, and IV only
(E) all of the options characterized flappers
During the 1920s
(A) American farm incomes increased dramatically
(B) a number of American intellectuals became
disenchanted with American values and moved to
Europe
(C) professional sports, including baseball and
football, decreased in popularity
(D) the number of American families able to purchase
an automobile decreased
(E) television sets became a regular feature in
American homes
Four of the following are examples or results of
anti-immigrant sentiments. Which isn’t?
(A) the rise of the Know-Nothings in the
1850s
(B) the Scottsboro Boy trials
(C) the National Origins Act
(D) the Minutemen border patrols of the
2000s
(E) the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
Which distinctly American style of music that is
usually thought to have developed in New
Orleans in the last decade of the 19th century
combined African and European musical
influences?
A) the blues
B) Gospel
C) country western
D) Folk
E) jazz
Which of the following American authors, famous for his
sparse and direct use of words, served as an
ambulance driver in World War I, lived as an expatriate
in Paris during the 1920s, covered the Spanish Civil
War as a journalist, and lived in Cuba and Key West
Florida in his later life?
A) James Michener
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) John Steinbeck
E) William Faulkner
Which of the following statements about the Harlem Renaissance of
the 1920s is accurate?
I. It drew heavily on African roots for inspiration.
II. During the 1920s it was often referred to as the New Negro
Movement.
III. It had little lasting impact on American literary culture
IV. Artists received significant financial support from wealthy white
patrons.
V. It promoted both literary and visual artistic efforts.
(A) I, II, IV and V only
(B) I, II and III only
(C) I, III, IV and V only
(D) I, II, and V only
(E) all of the statements are accurate
Which American athlete won both the
decathlon and pentathlon at the Olympic
Games, only to have them later taken away
because of his professional status?
A) Jesse Owens
B) Bruce Jenner
C) Bob Mathias
D) Cassius Clay
E) Jim Thorpe
In 1935, Ernest Hemingway wrote, “All modern American
literature comes from that one book by Mark Twain. All
American literature comes from that piece of writing. There was
nothing before, there has been nothing as good since.”
Hemingway was referring to which of the following works by
Twain.
A) Pudd'nhead Wilson
B) The Prince and the Pauper
C) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
E) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
One of the chief causes of the 1929 Stock
Market Crash was
(A) over-regulation by the federal government.
(B) the reduction of tariffs which gave foreign
manufacturers an edge in the U.S. market.
(C) margin buying, which allowed investors to use a
fraction of the cost of a stock to make a purchase.
(D) overly-aggressive tax policies which taxed the rich
and thus discouraged stock market purchases.
(E) lack of interest by middle-class Americans in stock
market investing.
One means by which President Hoover
attempted to fight the Great Depression was
A. the establishment of the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
B. the establishment of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
C. the lowering of barriers to free trade.
D. the early payment of bonuses for veterans.
E. direct government aid to the needy.
The National Industrial Recovery Act
(A) provided emergency relief to unemployed
workers
(B) placed boys in rural labor camps and required
them to send home money each month
(C) prevented stock market abuses
(D) encouraged fair competition and established
minimum wages
(E) provided federal insurance for bank deposits
A technique that labor unions first used with
great effect in the 1930s was
(A) collective bargaining
(B) blacklisting
(C) the sit-down strike
(D) the picket line
(E) the boycott
In the 1930’s, the movement led by Dr. Francis
Townsend contributed to congressional
approval of a law
A. insuring the bank deposits of consumers.
B. securing federal protection of labor union
organizers.
C. providing large federal subsidies to farmers.
D. implementing a federal program of old-age
benefits.
E. protecting ethnic minorities from
discrimination.
The Agricultural Administration Act
(A) nationalized American farms
(B) was repeatedly supported by U.S.
Supreme Court decisions
(C) raised farm income by limiting
agricultural production
(D) prevented any starvation in the U.S.
(E) protected the legal rights of
sharecroppers
Which of the following New Deal acts included
unemployment insurance?
(A) the Social Security Act
(B) the National Labor Relations Act
(C) the Glass-Steagall Act
(D) the Federal Emergency Relief Act
(E) the National Industrial Recovery Act
New Deal opponents
(A) exposed massive corruption in the
Tennessee Valley Authority
(B) were all from the political right
(C) accused it of being socialist and
fascist
(D) found no support among Supreme
Court justices
(E) produced evidence of immorality and
scandal in the Roosevelt household
Which of the following authors won the Nobel
Prize for Literature as he wrote movingly of
the plight of Depression-era migrant
agricultural workers in their journey from
Oklahoma's Dust Bowl to California's Central
Valley?
(A) Ernest Hemingway
(B) John Steinbeck
(C) William Faulkner
(D) Sherwood Anderson
(E) Sinclair Lewis
The Atlantic Charter which was signed by Franklin
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
(A) set out the plans for developing the atomic bomb
(B) included a provision that the Allies would defeat
Germany before Japan
(C) established that the north coast of France would
be the location of the Allied invasion of Europe in
June 1944
(D) included a Destroyer-for-Bases agreement that
supported the British war effort
(E) established the principles for a post-war world,
including freedom of the seas and selfdetermination
Which of the following is not true of the Bataan
Death March?
(A) it occurred following the December 1941 Japanese
invasion of the Philippine Islands
(B) it involved thousands of American and Filipino
prisoners-of-war who had surrendered
(C) prisoners were beaten, executed, and died from
dehydration and disease on the60-mile forced
march
(D) march survivors received excellent treatment and
care in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps until the
end of the war
(E) following the war, a Japanese general was
executed for war crimes for his involvement
Place the following significant World War 2 events in correct
chronological order:
I.
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
II. Germany invades Poland
III. German forces surrender to Soviets at Stalingrad
IV. Soviet troops liberate concentration-camp survivors at
Auschwitz in Poland
V. Allied troops land on Normandy beaches in D-Day invasion
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I, II, III, IV,V
II, I, III, V, IV
II, I, IV, III, V
II, I, IV, III, V
II, I, V, III, IV
In the 1943 West Virginia State Board of Education v.
Barnette decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
A. a school district could require a flag salute of
students in time of war
B. the German language could be taught in schools
even if the U.S. were at war with Germany
C. students who were members of the Jehovah's
Witness sect could not be compelled to salute the
U.S. flag
D. the words "under God" in the flag salute
constituted constitutionally-protected speech
E. the proper recourse for dissent was to try to
democratically change the school policy
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Which of the following is not true of the internment
of Japanese-Americans during World War 2?
A. it took place in several western U.S. states
B. the 1944 Korematsu v. U.S. Supreme Court decision
ruled that the internment was unconstitutional
C. the camps were established by Executive Order 9066
signed by President Roosevelt in February 1942
D. while the alleged reason was suspected disloyalty
among Japanese-Americans, in actuality only
Caucasians were convicted of spying for Japan during
World War 2
E. most of those interned were second-generation
Japanese-Americans, known as Nisei.
All but which of the following are true of American propaganda
efforts during World War 2?
(A) Germans were often portrayed in movies as being stupid and
viewers were
encouraged to laugh at Hitler and Nazism
(B) the federal government actively promoted pro-war messages in
the Why We Fight
series by Frank Capra
(C) movies were openly patriotic and emphasized the "melting pot"
nature of American
society
(D) Italians were treated more harshly in movies and other
propaganda than Germans
and Japanese
(E) the Office of War Information sought to make women's work
seem patriotic
At which of the following conferences did the
U.S. inform Great Britain and the Soviet
Union of the successful testing of an
atomic bomb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Tehran
San Francisco
Potsdam
Casablanca
Yalta
The 1943 Los Angeles Zoot Suit riots
(A) resulted in the conviction of dozens of on-leave
servicemen for assault and battery
(B) died out quickly and did not spread to anywhere
else than Southern California
(C) were partially motivated by tensions between
Anglo servicemen and Mexican-American pachucos
(D) involved only a few soldiers who used violence
against zoot-suit wearing teenagers
(E) were strongly condemned by newspapers,
including the Los Angeles Times, which criticized
the attacks by servicemen on residents of Los
Angeles
The War Production Board
(A) supervised the production of billions of dollars of
worth of weapons and supplies during World War 2
(B) issued savings bonds through a stamp program
(C) proved to be mostly ineffective throughout the
course of World War 2
(D) controlled prices and rents during World War 2
(E) had limited powers over the nation's economic
life
All but which of the following are true of economic
activity in the U.S. during World War 2?
(A) farm income doubled, as it had in World War I
(B) rationing took place for many domestic items,
such as gasoline, butter, and sugar
(C) private industry switched to war production very
quickly
(D) a number of unions supported work stoppages,
causing significant loss of work time
(E) the Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act made it a
criminal offense to tie up industry
All of the following have been cited as reasons
for the dropping of the atomic bombs on
Japan in 1945 except the need to
A. block a planned Japanese invasion of the
United States
B. keep the Soviet Union out of the war with
Japan.
C. save American lives.
D. demonstrate America’s superiority in
weaponry to the Soviet Union.
E. force the unconditional surrender of Japan.
When President Truman declared in a speech to
Congress in March 1947 that "it must be the policy
of the United States to support free peoples who
are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities or by outside pressures," he was
referring to
(A) the Berlin Blockade
(B) the Truman Doctrine
(C) support for Chiang Kai-Shek in China
(D) the creation of the Warsaw Pact
(E) the creation of NATO
Which of the following is not true of the Berlin
Airlift?
(A) U.S. and British planes airlifted tons of food
and supplies to the citizens of West Berlin
(B) it was prompted by the halting of road and
train access to Berlin from West Germany
(C) Soviet efforts to harass airlift planes were
successful
(D) the Soviets attempted to reduce the impact
of the Airlift by offering free food to West
Berliners
(E) at its peak, 1500 flights a day landed in Berlin
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to
finance the economic recovery of western Europe
provide collective security for non-communist
nations by forming the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
C. repel the invasion of South Korea by North Korean
communist troops
D. militarily contain Soviet expansion in southeast
Asia
E. provide weapons and economic aid to anticommunist forces in Greece and Turkey
A.
B.
General Douglas MacArthur proposed all of the
following measures as Korean War tactics except
(A) bombing communist supply bases within China
(B) using nuclear weapons against both China and
the Soviet Union
(C) blockading the Chinese coast
(D) conquering North Korea
(E) using Taiwan-based Nationalist Chinese troops
in the fight
The House Un-American Activities Committee
(A) was headed by Senator Joseph McCarthy
(B) conducted the Hollywood Ten hearings
accusing individuals of leftist activities
(C) found a former communist dentist in the
U.S. Army
(D) had little impact on American life
(E) was formed following the arrest of Julius
and Ethel Rosenberg
Which of the following 1950s civil rights events,
resulting from a conversation between a white girl
and a black boy, gave the world a visual depiction
of the state of race relations in the deep South?
(A) the Montgomery Bus Boycott
(B) the march to Birmingham, Alabama
(C) the desegregation of Little Rock, Arkansas
schools
(D) the bombing of a Sunday School in
Montgomery, Alabama
(E) the murder of Emmitt Till
The 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
decision resulted in which of the following?
(A) the creation of white citizen councils
throughout the deep South
(B) the rapid desegregation of schools
throughout the U.S.
(C) the Montgomery bus boycott
(D) the passage of the Civil Rights Act
(E) the end of grandfather clauses and literary
tests to prevent blacks from voting
Which of the following statements about Dwight
Eisenhower is not accurate?
(A) he served as president of Columbia University before
running for president
(B) he had little interest in politics prior to his candidacy
and had never voted in a presidential election
(C) he chose Richard Nixon, a political conservative, as
his vice-presidential running mate
(D) he showed political courage by refusing to appear at
a campaign appearance with Senator Joseph McCarthy
(E) he defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952
In which of the following 1950s international
situations did the U.S. and British governments
take radically different positions?
(A) the French defeat at Dienbienphu
(B) the launching of the Soviet satellite Sputnik
(C) the Suez Crisis, in which Egypt's nationalization
of the Suez Canal resulted in an invasion of Egypt
(D) the Soviet invasion of Hungary
(E) the invasion of South Korea by North Korean
troops
The growth of television viewing in the 1950s had all of the
following consequences except
(A) the rise of consumer fads based on shows such as
Davy Crockett
(B) the closing of thousands of movie theaters throughout
the U.S.
(C) news broadcasting changed from individuals reading
the news to include taped material and live broadcasts
from news scenes
(D) regional cultural differences became more pronounced
as American culture became less homogenized
(E) quiz shows became very popular despite being plagued
by scandals
In the election of 1960,
(A) Democrat John Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in
a landslide
(B) Americans chose the presidential ticket with the
most experience in foreign affairs
(C) televised debates were featured for the first time,
but had little impact on the outcome
(D) the Democratic ticket featured a northern
presidential and southern vice-presidential candidate
(E) although Kennedy promised to respect the
separation of church and state, some voters feared
electing a Roman Catholic would increase the political
influence of the Catholic Church
"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
The urge for freedom will eventually come. This is
what has happened to the American Negro.
Something within has reminded him of his birthright
of freedom; something without has reminded him
that he can gain it."
What is the source of the above quote:
(A) "I Have a Dream" speech
(B) "Letter From the Birmingham Jail"
(C) the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a
Democratic Society
(D) John F. Kennedy's 1961 Inaugural Address
(E) The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution resulted in
(A) the withdrawal of the French troops from
Vietnam
(B) the overthrow of the Diem regime in South
Vietnam
(C) an escalation in the bombing of Hanoi and
Haiphong
(D) a vote of Congressional support for
increased U.S. military activity in Vietnam
(E) a formal declaration of war on North
Vietnam