Truman - Regional, ethnic and social divisions

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1. Which of these factors was not how the war decreased regionalism amongst Americans?

  • 25% of Americans had served in the war and had not returned
  • 10% of Americans left their homes for training camps
  • 13% of Americans changed their county of residence
  • 8 million had permanently located to a different state, 4 million to a different region
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2. Which of the following was an example of how ethnic minorities suffered in the South?

  • De Facto segregation, informal segregation which 1.2 million blacks and 14 million Hispanic Americans were subject to
  • De Facto segregation, informal segregation which 14 million blacks and 1.2 million Hispanic Americans were subject to
  • De Jure segregation by law, 14 million blacks and 1.2 million Hispanic Americans were enshrined in this law
  • De Jure segregation by law, 1.2 million blacks and 14 million Hispanic Americans were enshrined in

3. What did Congress pass in 1944 to aid returning military personnel through free vocational training, higher education and low interest loans for home buying and new businesses?

  • The New Frontier
  • The GI Bill of Rights
  • The New Deal
  • The Great Society

4. Although WW2 helped to decrease prejudice amongst different ethnic groups, which groups still suffered prejudice?

  • British-Americans
  • Catholics, Jews and ethnic minorities
  • Christians and Whites
  • Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs

5. Which of the following was an example of how ethnic minorities suffered in the North?

  • 70% of African-Americans were unemployed in the North
  • De Facto segregation, segregation which was not enforced by law
  • De Jure segregation was in law for the whole of the USA
  • 62% of ethnic minorities lived in poverty in the North
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