Which black boxer’s successful defense of his championship against the “Great White Hope,” Jim Jeffries, in 1910 led to race riots and the passing of a bill outlawing the showing of fight films in theaters?
a. Jack Johnson
b. George Dixon
c. Tom Molineaux
d. Abe Hawkins
a. Jack Johnson
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Women slave writers, writing for northern audiences, had to both
A) show approval of southern culture and slavery. B) condemn slavery and avoid offending their compatriots. C) condemn and approve of slavery. D) show hostility to slavery and to all southerners.
Which parliamentary action marked England's official break with the Roman church?
a. Act of Union b. Six Articles c. Act of Toleration d. Act of Succession e. Act of Supremacy
When plantation worker Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote, she lost her job and her home and was __________
A) attacked by a white mob outside of her county courthouse B) run out of the state of Mississippi C) severely beaten in jail D) kidnapped by the Ku Klux Klan
The city of Bangalore in southern India has become an important technological center partial due to the practice of outsourcing
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false