The Answer Sheet: Week of May 8
Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:
1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich? Karl Doenitz
2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916? The Comstock Law which made it illegal to distribute information about contraceptives.
3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867? The Chinese went on strike because non-Chinese workers were paid better.
4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s? Farmers over-harvested the land and allowed livestock to overgraze it. A drought began in 1931, killing many crop yields. The dust storms began because there were few crops and very little grass to hold the dry soil in place.
5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade? Following WWII, the Soviet Union feared that Germany could again become a military power and wanted to keep it weak.
