RQ 5

A  The Red Scare is when Americans succumbed to a hysteria in which they believed communists where hiding everywhere in the US and plotting a revolution to topple the US government.

B  The Red Scare is the name historians gave to the Boston Riots of 1919.

C  The Red Scare is when police used intimidation to enforce alcohol consumption in the United States during Prohibition.

D  The Red Scare is when Vogue said the color was no longer in style.

A  Rosie the Riveters were the industrialized workforce during WWII who made the goods to win the war, such as planes.

B  Rosie the Riveters created a new way of riveting tanks during WWII, which is a method that is still used is military construction today.

C  Rosie the Riveters were paid on a government subsidy and their actual contribution to WWII has been overestimated since only 5,000 women worked as Rosies.

D  Rosie the Riveters looked good and could strike a pose, which made men fight harder in WWII.

A  It was a club and trance movement in Harlem. Lizzo participated in it.

B  It was an attempt to go back to the religious ways of the European Renaissance. Jessie Fauset participated in it.

C  It was a consumer culture movement. Bessie Smith participated in it.

D  It was a major cultural movement of black authors and artists who sought to articulate a distinct black contribution to American culture. Zora Neale Hurston participated in it.

A  She believes that “vote of the women” means that the government only cares about pandering to women’s issues, such as the ERA and maternity leave.

B  She believes that women’s right to vote should be credited with the government’s attitude of concern for the welfare of human beings, such as housing and caring for “handicapped” children.

C  She believes that women voting doesn’t matter, and she believes that politics don’t change anything.

D  She believes that women only vote in their own self interest, so they have been able to pass the ERA with their voting power.

A  Mary Van Kleeck believes that there are already laws that protect women, such as mothers’ pensions, and the ERA would take away those protections. She also believes all sex-prejudice beyond the reach of the law would be unaffected by the ERA.

B  Mary Van Kleeck believes that women are natural leaders who don’t need to make any gains or have any legally protected rights at all.

C  Mary Van Kleeck believes that Alice Paul is right and that the ERA would only take a few years to pass.

D  Mary Van Kleeck believes that the political climate in the US made Americans weary of Prohibition.