What event prompted passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
What will be an ideal response?
Brutal attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama
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The Soviet Union, an outsider nation after 1945, was led by the ruthless Joseph Stalin. Which statement about Stalin and the USSR is false?
a) The Soviet Union was an oppressive totalitarian society controlled by the Communist party. b) Stalin was a paranoid dictator who tolerated no opposition from his domestic enemies. c) Thousands of Soviet citizens were sent to prison camps or executed for little or no reason. d) After Stalin died in 1953, his successors were far less repressive in ruling the USSR.
When Octavian finally defeated his opponents, he faced a challenge that had cost Caesar his life. What was it?
A) creating a stable government for Rome's empire B) creating a stable army to defend Rome's empire C) absorbing Egypt into Rome's empire D) absorbing Parthia into Rome's empire E) securing a stable food supply for Rome's empire
For William Henry Harrison and men like him, why were the Indians and the British linked together in their thinking?
? a. Both opposed the French. b. The British forced Indians into slavery. c. Both sought to dominate Canada. d. Both were seen as obstacles to U.S. control of all of North America.
The United States asserted that it had a virtual right of continuing intervention in Cuba in the
a. insular cases. b. Platt Amendment. c. Teller Amendment. d. Foraker Act. e. Guantanamo Bay Treaty.