Which of the following accurately describes why, when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed, the organization chose to use the court pathway instead of other pathways to advance its goals?
a. Lack of responsiveness from elected officials and clear evidence of racial discrimination led the organization to use the pathway of action that was open to it.
b. Hostility toward African Americans had subsided, so the organization saw the opportunity to move forward in the courts with greater acceptance on the part of both judges and the public.
c. Most law schools had opened admissions to African Americans, so with the growing number of black lawyers, the court pathway seemed to be a natural course.
d. The separate-but-equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson had been overturned, which allowed for the entry of African Americans into the political and legal arenas.
a
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A. assert their continued loyalty to King George to avoid war B. organize a defensive multistate naval blockade of the Port of New York C. reconstitute themselves as state governments based on republican principles D. initiate trade agreements with other countries to replace the goods no longer available from Britain
In ________________, the Supreme Court upheld the treason conviction of a German-American who sheltered one of the Nazi saboteurs
a. Haupt v. United States (1947) b. Cramer v. United States (1945) c. Ex Parte Bollman (1807) d. none of the above
The establishment of the Department of Homeland Security created a large new bureaucracy. Conservatives were largely unopposed to this action because they tend to _____
a. see the benefits of economies of scale b. believe that new institutions are more efficiently designed c. accept the necessity of a large and powerful security apparatus d. defer to the executive branch on questions of organizational management
When the First Continental Congress passed resolutions requiring colonies to raise their own troops and boycott British trade, the British response was which of the following?
A. They understood it and went along. B. They condemned Congress's actions and treated them as acts of rebellion. C. They immediately put high tariffs on French and Spanish goods coming into the colonies. D. They brought in troops to end the meetings of the First Continental Congress. E. They withheld all funding for colonial legislatures.