How did President Andrew Jackson feel about the "spoils system"?
A. He defended it as a democratic reform.
B. He created this system, so of course, he used it.
C. He defended all government bureaucracy.
D. He refused to use this traditional practice because he thought it was undemocratic.
Answer: A
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A) Racism was so entrenched in Texas that public schools could be completely shut down rather than accept black children. B) Lynching could be legalized in several southern states. C) Local and community involvement in NAACP activities was very important. D) Whites would refuse to accept limits on the KKK's activities.
Senator Huey Long accused President Roosevelt of trying to bring about racial equality
A) True B) False
The NAACP journal was called __________.
A. The Crisis B. The Souls of Black Folk C. The Philadelphia Negro D. Up from Slavery
How did the Bill of Rights of 1789 protect only some individual freedoms?
A) It did not allow for freedoms of speech, religion, press, or trial. B) It excluded foreigners and poor Americans. C) It protected the freedoms of speech, religion, press, trial, bearing arms, and searches but did not grant rights to nonwhite males. D) It granted the states more power than the federal government. E) It was comprised mostly of legal procedures for Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court.