Within days of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law, the arrest of a black man in Los Angeles __________
A) led to the first application of the new law
B) touched off several days of deadly rioting
C) focused the attention of civil rights activists on the cities of the West
D) slowed implementation of the new legislation
Answer: B
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c. met little British resistance during the spring. d. included a success at the second battle of the Marne. e. all of the above
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A market in which a small number of firms dominate an industry is called a(n)
a. oligopoly. b. trust. c. holding company. d. monopoly.
The term Hellenistic refers to which of the following?
A. the age following Alexander the Great's death, in which Greek culture spread widely from the Mediterranean to India B. the age following the death of Alexander the Great, in which Greek culture declined dramatically C. the age that preceded Alexander the Great's rise to power, in which the Greek poleis controlled much of the Mediterranean D. the age following Alexander the Great's death, in which the Greek city-states conquered Macedonia and reasserted their independence