Frances Perkins, the first woman to be appointed to a presidential Cabinet position, played a large role in establishing …

“We are the leading democracy of the world and as such must prove to the world that democracy is possible and capable of living up to the principles upon which it was founded. The eyes of the world are upon us, and often we find they are not too friendly eyes.”—Eleanor Roosevelt, November 22, 1938 When Eleanor Roosevelt referred to “living up to the principles upon which it was founded,” she most likely meant …

“We are the leading democracy of the world and as such must prove to the world that democracy is possible and capable of living up to the principles upon which it was founded. The eyes of the world are upon us, and often we find they are not too friendly eyes.”—Eleanor Roosevelt, November 22, 1938 When Eleanor Roosevelt referred to “living up to the principles upon which it was founded,” she most likely meant …

What policy did the U.S. government use to increase the size of the military after the United States entered World War I, and why did some Americans object?

Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in World War II?

The Neutrality Act of 1939 helped the Allies in World War II by

Which of the following could best be considered a positive result of the Dust Bowl?

How did jazz music create a bridge between the cultures of blacks and whites in the United States?

The auto workers who participated in the 1936-37 strike at General Motors were concerned about their safety but continued to protest the company’s refusal to …

“Science has thus demonstrated that alcohol is a protoplasmic poison, poisoning all living things; that alcohol is a habit-forming drug that shackles millions of our citizens and maintains slavery in our midst… that it strikes deadly blows at the life of the Nation itself and at the very life of the race, reversing the great evolutionary principles of nature and the purposes of the Almighty. There can be but one verdict, and that is this great destroyer must be destroyed. The time is ripe for fulfillment. The present generation, the generation to which we belong, must cut this millstone of degeneracy from the neck of humanity….” —Richmond P. Hobson, December 22, 1914 Based on this text, why does Hobson support Prohibition?