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Which reform was MOST directly a response to the challenges America faced during the Great Depression?
- The New Deal
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What is one of the New Deal programs which provided opportunities for many Black Americans (who were often the last people hired for other jobs)?
- The Civilian Conservation Corps
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What did the Double V campaign raise awareness of?
- How Black soldiers fought and died for a country that denied them their rights
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A historian interested in researching housing segregation as practiced in the United States would MOST benefit from an online search for which word or phrase?
- Redlining
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What would be MOST reasonably expected of someone who is described as having a “temperate” personality?
- Being even-keeled and calm in most situations
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Who served as Roosevelt’s Director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration, making her the first Black woman to direct a federal government program?
- Mary McLeod Bethune
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How did the Great Depression MOST influence the later civil rights movement?
- By increasing political engagement among Black Americans
Which reform was MOST directly a response to the challenges America faced during the Great Depression?
(1 point)
Responses
the period of temperance
the period of temperance
Prohibition
Prohibition
the civil rights movement
the civil rights movement
the New Deal
What is one of the New Deal programs which provided opportunities for many Black Americans (who were often the last people hired for other jobs)?
(1 point)
Responses
the Civilian Conservation Corps
the Civilian Conservation Corps
the Domestic Workers Administration
the Domestic Workers Administration
the Social Security Corps
the Social Security Corps
the Negro Affairs Administration
What did the Double V campaign raise awareness of?
(1 point)
Responses
how Black soldiers experienced discrimination during their military service
how Black soldiers experienced discrimination during their military service
how Black veterans were experiencing long-term health problems after coming home
how Black veterans were experiencing long-term health problems after coming home
how Black veterans often faced higher levels of illiteracy compared to white veterans
how Black veterans often faced higher levels of illiteracy compared to white veterans
how Black soldiers fought and died for a country that denied them their rights
A historian interested in researching housing segregation as practiced in the United States would MOST benefit from an online search for which word or phrase?
(1 point)
Responses
redlining
redlining
sharecropping
sharecropping
separate but equal
separate but equal
Jim Crow
What would be MOST reasonably expected of someone who is described as having a “temperate” personality?
(1 point)
Responses
behaving in an extreme or uncontrolled manner
behaving in an extreme or uncontrolled manner
preferring to eat a wide variety of foods
preferring to eat a wide variety of foods
being even-keeled and calm in most situations
being even-keeled and calm in most situations
acting cold or distant in social interactions
Who served as Roosevelt’s Director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration, making her the first Black woman to direct a federal government program?
(1 point)
Responses
Doris “Dorie” Miller
Doris “Dorie” Miller
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Carol Mosely Braun
How did the Great Depression MOST influence the later civil rights movement?
(1 point)
Responses
by increasing political engagement among Black Americans
by increasing political engagement among Black Americans
by undermining the premise of most Jim Crow/segregation laws
by undermining the premise of most Jim Crow/segregation laws
by reducing the economic gap between white and Black Americans
by reducing the economic gap between white and Black Americans
by expanding many social programs that benefitted Black Americans
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