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What event took place in Colfax, Louisiana, in 1873?
The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place, with armed whites massacring scores of former slaves.
(Q039) During the second industrial revolution, wage labor became America's leading source of livelihood.
True
(Q047) The National Industrial Recovery Act was modeled on the government-business partnership of the War Industries Board of World War I.
True
(Q054) By 1940, union membership had more than doubled from that of 1930.
True
(Q059) As a delayed response to the severe Panic of 1907, Congress created the Federal Reserve System in 1913, consisting of twelve regional banks.
True
(Q062) During the Progressive era, the Imperial Valley of California was transformed by irrigation and became a major area of commercial farming.
True
During Reconstruction, some 2,000 African-Americans held public office, among them fourteen in the U.S. House of Representatives and two U.S. senators.
True
(Q030) At _________, in 1944, the U.S. Army fought its largest battle ever, leaving more than 70,000 American casualties.
battle of the bulgde
(Q022) The emphasis of the Second New Deal was on
economic security, to protect Americans against poverty and unemployment.
(Q011) The right to dissent from government policy during World War I
met sweeping repression from the U.S. government and the public.
(Q023) The federal government adopted this Keynesian idea both before and during World War II.
reduction in the amount of federal spending overall to allow small businesses to flourish
(Q017) At a time of widespread hunger in the United States, the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) did which of the following?
set production quotas for major crops and paid farmers not to plant some crops
(Q052) As late as December 1944, more American military personnel were deployed in the Pacific theater of war than against Germany.
true
(Q060) During World War II, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was probably more racially integrated than any labor organization since the Knights of Labor in the 1880s.
true
(Q022) In what decade do the number of black legislators in the South approach the level seen during Reconstruction?
1990s
(Q007) Who said "the chief business of the American people is business"?
Calvin Coolidge
(Q042) After America entered World War I, antiwar opposition disappeared.
False
(Q044) By 1900, measured by its acquisition of new territories, the United States was an imperialist power, the equal of Great Britain and France.
False
(Q044) By 1929, three-quarters of American households had washing machines.
False
(Q052) Florence Kelley was ecstatic when the U.S. Supreme Court repudiated Muller v. Oregon in 1923.
False
(Q071) Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" called for vigorous federal intervention in the economy, while Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" called on government to stay out of business affairs.
False
