In the 1883 Civil Rights cases, the Supreme Court ____________________.
A. upheld the constitutionality of the 1875 Civil Rights Act
B. strengthened the 1875 Civil Rights Act
C. modified the 1875 Civil Rights Act
D. struck down the 1875 Civil Rights Act
Answer: D
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In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court asserted that ____________________.
A. states had the authority to impose a poll tax on voters B. the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the establishment of literacy as a prerequisite for voting C. states could constitutionally enact legislation by which separate-but-equal facilities were required for whites and blacks D. separate schools for blacks were by their very nature unequal and therefore unconstitutional
By 1700, which of these countries dominated the slave trade?
A) Britain B) Portugal C) France D) Spain
The 1872-1873 Modoc War is significant because it
a. involved the death of the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to that time. b. signaled the end of California Indians' armed resistance to the state's reservation policy. c. represented a culmination of years of failed negotiations to resolve the Indians' forced relocation to the Oregon reservation. d. all of the above.
The leader who effectively assisted Mao in the 1970s was
A) Deng Xiaoping. B) Sun Yat-sen. C) Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek). D) Zhou Enlai. E) Jing Qing.