THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (E). THE WORD WAR IS ONE CLUE, AS IS THEPHRAS...

5. The correct answer is (E). The word war is one clue, as is the

phrase “the anomaly of a premium.” The word war will help you

eliminate choice (D). Although the United States did fight the

Spanish-American War in the 1890s, the war lasted only three

months, not long enough to create an economy that would need

additional workers. The time frame of the questions in this group

will help you eliminate choice (A). Question 4 is about Andrew

Johnson’s impeachment, so an answer about the Civil War for

question 5 cannot be correct. (Contraband was the name given

to slaves who escaped behind the Union lines.) You might think

exodusters, choice (C), is correct, because the quotation uses the

word exodus, but the exodusters moved west, not north, shortly

after the Civil War. The phrase about a premium on African

Americans indicates that they were in demand; this would equate

with the need for workers in the North as the nation geared up

for World War I, choice (E). No similar movement occurred

during the Vietnam War because so many African Americans

already lived in the North, choice (B). Don’t be confused by the

Great Migration that brought some 20,000 Puritans to Massachu-

setts Bay.

Practice Set 2