Beginning in 1865, more than 12,000 Chinese found work building the ________.
What will be an ideal response?
transcontinental railroad
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How does the career of Alexandre-Olivier Exquemelin illuminate the life of a pirate in the Caribbean?
a) Exquemelin was successful enough to leave the pirate trade and write a financially successful memoir, but nevertheless felt called back to the life and became a buccaneer once more. b) Scarred by his experiences as a pirate surgeon, Exquemelin retired and wrote a memoir discouraging young men from pursuing a life of piracy. Consider This: Why did Henry Morgan sue Exquemelin’s publishers? See 4.7: Narrative: A Pirate’s Life. c) Exquemelin had an opportunity to leave the life when he was liberated in a prisoner exchange, but returned to piracy and drowned when his ship was sunk by an English warship. Consider This: Why did Henry Morgan sue Exquemelin’s publishers? See 4.7: Narrative: A Pirate’s Life. d) Exquemelin, who kept a lively journal of his exploits, was killed by his own men in a brawl. His quartermaster later had the journal published. Consider This: Why did Henry Morgan sue Exquemelin’s publishers? See 4.7: Narrative: A Pirate’s Life.
In the case Easley v. Cromartie (2001), the Supreme Court ruled that:
A) North Carolina could not redraw congressional lines to guarantee one district would have a majority of black voters. B) race could be considered in districting as long as it was not the dominant and controlling consideration. C) rejected federal affirmative action statutes. D) ruled that Affirmative Action was a constitutional remedy for past racial discrimination.
In the late eighteenth century, abolitionism was
a. started in America and moved to England. b. opposed by the church, which could justify slavery in the Bible. c. unpopular with the general British public. d. opposed by a powerful lobby. e. a strong and growing movement in England.
When Johnson became president after the assassination of Kennedy in 1963, he focused first on ________
A) ending the Cold War B) passing JFK’s tax and civil rights bills C) escalating the war in Vietnam D) boosting the military E) bolstering international relationships