Question
1. One similarity between Samuel Gompers and Cesar Chavez is that both leaders
A) organized workers to strive for better conditions
B) relied on the use of force to gain minority rights
C) worked to improve consumer product safety
D) advocated federal regulation of railroad rate
2. Use the excerpt to answer the following questions ". . . this secret, swift, and extraordinary buildup of Communist missiles—in an area well known to have a special and historical relationship to the United States and the nations of the Western Hemisphere, in violation of Soviet assurances, and in defiance of American and hemispheric policy this sudden, clandestine decision to station strategic weapons for the first time outside of Soviet soil—is a deliberately provocative and unjustified change in the status quo which cannot be accepted by this country, if our courage and our commitments are ever to be trusted again by either friend or foe."
During which historical event was this presidential address given?
A) the Berlin Blockade
B) the Korean War
C) the orbit of Sputnik I
D) the Cuban Missile Crisis
A) organized workers to strive for better conditions
B) relied on the use of force to gain minority rights
C) worked to improve consumer product safety
D) advocated federal regulation of railroad rate
2. Use the excerpt to answer the following questions ". . . this secret, swift, and extraordinary buildup of Communist missiles—in an area well known to have a special and historical relationship to the United States and the nations of the Western Hemisphere, in violation of Soviet assurances, and in defiance of American and hemispheric policy this sudden, clandestine decision to station strategic weapons for the first time outside of Soviet soil—is a deliberately provocative and unjustified change in the status quo which cannot be accepted by this country, if our courage and our commitments are ever to be trusted again by either friend or foe."
During which historical event was this presidential address given?
A) the Berlin Blockade
B) the Korean War
C) the orbit of Sputnik I
D) the Cuban Missile Crisis
Answers
GPT-4o mini
1. The correct answer is **A) organized workers to strive for better conditions**. Both Samuel Gompers and Cesar Chavez were labor leaders who worked to improve the conditions and rights of workers.
2. The correct answer is **D) the Cuban Missile Crisis**. The excerpt discusses the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which was a key event during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2. The correct answer is **D) the Cuban Missile Crisis**. The excerpt discusses the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which was a key event during the Cuban Missile Crisis.