In 1913, a strike at the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron Industry resulted in the ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Ludlow Massacre
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Individual states slowly began to end their bans on __________ following World War II.
a. segregated schools b. interracial marriages c. segregated public transportation d. racial covenants in real estate
One example of the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the United States to
A) prevent English annexation of Florida. B) force England to withdraw its troops from American soil after the Revolutionary War. C) force England to abandon military posts it built beyond the boundaries of the original thirteen states. D) prohibit French settlers from claiming American land in the Ohio River Valley.
The term "Dutch studies" referred to
a. a period in Japanese history that corresponded to the "tulip period" of the Safavid empire. b. a partnership between Japanese merchants and the VOC for trading of porcelain. c. Japanese who learned about European weapons, shipbuilding and sciences from the Dutch based in Nagasaki. d. the requirement by the Emperor that Christian missionaries must learn Japanese as the Dutch had done. e. a learning curve as the Dutch traders attacked the technologically inferior Japanese, who adapted their technology to overthrow the merchants later.
Why was President Roosevelt reluctant to listen to calls for equality in the defense industry and the military?
A) He thought that ending discrimination in these areas would jeopardize the war effort. B) He did not want to upset white southern politicians. C) He was indebted to major donors in the defense industry. D) He was strongly opposed to allowing African Americans to serve in the military.