Spike Lee differed from the larger trend of African Americans in mainstream popular culture because he __________
a) demonstrated the possibilities for success outside the major studios
b) rose to a position of control at an elite Hollywood studio
c) refused to cast white actors
d) cast black men in leading roles as action heroes
Answer: a
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During the 1840s and 1850s, American industry
A) manufactured machine tools better than those in European factories B) developed high-grade woolens superior to those of the English C) moved close to the cotton supplies of the Southeast D) relied on European inventors for most technological improvements
The hybrid culture of African and American was most "standardized" by the evolution of a common idiom along the Carolina coast called:
a. Bantu b. Swahili c. Gullah d. Sotho-Tswana e. Yoruba.
Why did Santa Anna's capture and his signing of the Treaty of Velasco in 1836, recognizing the independence of Texas, fail to resolve all of the contested political issues between Mexico and the leaders of the independent republic of Texas?
A) The political leaders of Texas, President Sam Houston and Secretary of State Stephen F. Austin, and most of their followers strongly preferred annexation by the United States over long-term independence. B) The Mexican government, embittered by the humiliation of the climactic Battle of San Jacinto and the Treaty of Velasco, decided not to withdraw fully from Texas and resumed hostilities in the fall of 1836. C) The United States was an eager partner for annexation, but the political leaders of the Texan republic were reluctant partners because of the large Tejano population in Texas, which opposed annexation. D) The refusal of the Mexican Congress to recognize the Treaty of Velasco placed the political independence of Texas into immediate jeopardy.
In contrast to the New Nationalism, the New Freedom emphasized __________.
a) business competition b) federal power c) economic planning d) big government