History Answers

Who were the New Dealers and what did they favor in economic policy?

The leading cause of death among both white Americans and African Americans is _____.

A. cancer
B. cardiovascular disease
C. stroke
D. homicide

What was the Bonus Army? How was it dealt with by the Hoover Administration?

The Moynihan Report of 1965 prompted three decades of political debate over _____.

A. welfare
B. crime
C. Gerrymandering
D. police brutality

What was Prohibition? How was it implemented and who favored it?

Ida B. Wells's investigative reporting about lynching was part of what tradition?

A. muckraking
B. union-busting
C. disenfranchising
D. abolitionism

Why did both liberals and conservatives worry about the Aid for Families with Dependent Children program after 1965?

A. It offered financial incentives to single-parent families.
B. Its payments were more generous than full-time salaries.
C. Affirmative action prevented white poor people from getting payments.
D. When the economy was bad, payments were reduced.

The number one cause of death among African Americans, as well as white people, is _____.

A. cancer
B. HIV/AIDS
C. diabetes
D. heart disease

The 1965 Moynihan Report addressed what issue?

A. increased poverty in cities due to white flight and redlining
B. African American families and the plight of single-parent households
C. the increasing political power of African American mayors and congresspeople
D. the federal government's efforts to stop racial profiling

What event directly preceded rioting in South Central Los Angeles in 1992?

A. the racial profiling of Rodney King by police officers
B. police brutality against Rodney King caught on videotape
C. the acquittal of four police officers charged with brutality against Rodney King
D. the civil suit against the police department awarded in favor of Rodney King.