The 1961 freedom ride tested a Supreme Court decision outlawing __________.
a. segregation in bus and train stations used in interstate commerce
b. segregation in public schools
c. discrimination in voter registration
d. discrimination in college admission policies
a. segregation in bus and train stations used in interstate commerce
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Mexico's path to independence highlighted the __________.
A. conservative nature of the Latin American revolutions B. violence of Spanish colonial rule C. the emerging role of the United States in Latin America D. the power of the Catholic Church
In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century
a. income gaps widened between the richest and the poorest Americans. b. middle-class incomes rose. c. the poor made economic gains. d. the economy was uniformly healthy. e. the majority of Americans were middle class.
What happened when the first African American student was admitted to the University of Mississippi?
a. Although a few whites complained, most accepted the change as inevitable. b. Mississippi's governor went to jail for contempt of court when he ordered the university not to admit any black students. c. Thousands of white students and nonstudents rioted, killing two people. d. Anticipating trouble, President Kennedy sent troops to the university before any violence had erupted.
The American disciple of Herbert Spencer, Edward L. Youmans, believed that society was
A) best understood using Aristotle's philosophical framework. B) an impersonal set of institutions and could be easily changed. C) an orderly, rule-governed system in which change was not necessary. D) changed only by the force of evolution, which moved with cosmic slowness.