In the Memphis race riot of 1866, Union soldiers firmly defended blacks against attacks by whites
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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A) It was assumed that Africans were not capable of building it. B) It housed Hebrew texts. C) It is relatively close to West Asia. D) It was then inhabited by members of the Diaspora.
Which of the following does not describe the African American experience in the early twentieth century?
A) ?? They faced segregation in schools, parks, cemeteries and street cars under the Jim Crow laws. B) ?? More than half of black women held jobs by 1910. C) ?? Many southern blacks headed north in search of jobs and better opportunities. D) ?? Conditions improved in the North, which had little racism. E) ?? Blacks were increasingly moving from farms to cities.
The West proved to be more progressive, at least in three states, when it came to the question of suffrage for women. Which three Western states gave women the right to vote before the Nineteenth Amendment?
A) Washington, Montana, Wyoming B) Kansas, Utah, and Iowa C) Utah, North Dakota, and Colorado D) Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Texas
Perhaps the key battle of the War of 1812, because it protected the United States from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution, was the Battle of
a. Mackinac. b. Plattsburgh. c. the Thames. d. Horseshoe Bend. e. Fallen Timbers.