President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of
a. Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
b. Louisiana State University.
c. the lunch counters of Greensboro, North Carolina.
d. the bus stations in Birmingham, Alabama.
e. the University of Mississippi.
e
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is the most accurate description of the economic division between the northern and southern states of the United States by the late nineteenth century?
a. The North was more agricultural and the South more industrial. b. The North had considerably less wealth than the South. c. The North was economically diverse, the South more focused on a few sectors. d. The North was more dependent on foreign trade than the South.
In the election of 1796, the South overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic-Republican candidates
A) True B) False
A "run on a bank" could shut down a bank because
A) the Federal Reserve Board had bad rules in place. B) banks did not keep much money in their vaults. C) paper money was replacing gold-backed currency. D) people could get to banks fast in their cars.
Historians like Frank Tannenbaum traditionally argued that Latin American experience with slavery was different than in the United States because creole independence leaders like Simón Bolívar
A) were far more conservative and avoided discussions of emancipation. B) uniformly opposed slavery and secured its abolition without violence. C) favored gradual abolition of slavery, but opposed racial discrimination. D) never embraced racism, although they supported slavery.