Based on this souvenir postcard from a lynching in Marion, Indiana, and the photograph of the 1925 Ku Klux Klan march in Washington, D.C., what conclusion can be reached about both lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?
A) They revived their activities after being suppressed during Reconstruction.
B) Their targets included not only African Americans, but also Jews, Catholics, immigrants and
feminists.
C) They were unashamed of their actions and unafraid to reveal their identities.
D) Although they were usually prosecuted for their crimes, juries rarely found them guilty.
C
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When the War of 1812 began, in what ways did southern blacks serve militarily?
A) They served only on the American side, with many incidents of bravery. B) They refused to serve, thinking that they would not benefit a nation that kept some of their race in bondage. C) None served because they were seen as an "internal foe" by white Americans. D) Some served in the U.S. Marines.
Which of the following fundamentalist groups advocated laws to ban practices they considered objectionable on religious grounds, including homosexuality, the teaching of evolution, and sex education in public schools?
a. the Islamic Taliban regime b. Wahhabist in Saudi Arabia c. Islamic fundamentalists d. Christian fundamentalists in the United States
Official court records of the trials of Christians sometimes served as the basis of later biographies
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In characterizing the period from 1450 to 1750 in the West, which of the following statements is NOT accurate?
A) What was once an agricultural society had become a predominantly manufacturing economy. B) Government powers had expanded as nation-states began to evolve. C) Science came to form the centerpiece of Western intellectual life. D) The popular outlook, including ideas about personality and family as well as concepts of nature, had shifted