Examine the status of southern African Americans during the late nineteenth century, and explain why the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which were intended to protect former slaves, actually offered African Americans little protection.
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All of the following were major successes for the League of Nations EXCEPT the
A) publication of books and periodicals dealing with national and international problems. B) maintenance of a lasting peace. C) repatriation of prisoners of war. D) securing of badly needed loans for recovery from wartime destruction. E) radio broadcasts of health information.
The Antifederalists
A. saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the government favored common people over the "well-born." B. feared that the government favored common people over the "well-born." C. saw the power of the southern states as the chief obstacle to an effective new government. D. saw themselves as defenders of the principles of the American Revolution and feared that the new government would widely abuse its powers. E. feared that the new government would be too weak to enforce its new powers.
Ecuadoran indigenous efforts to prevent intrusion of oil companies into their territory included
A) a publicity campaign against the oil companies in the United States. B) guerrilla warfare against oil company installations. C) organization of an Ecuadoran Green Party. D) filing suit in New York over environmental devastation caused by Texaco.
Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams were both executed for their dissent on the major tenets of Puritanism
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.