The Democratic president who reached out to the black community by inviting a black poet to speak at his inauguration was:
A) Jimmy Carter.
B) George Bush.
C) Ronald Reagan.
D) Bill Clinton.
Answer: D
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The Second Great Awakening refers to a wave of __________.
a) religious revivals b) nationalist movements c) peasant uprisings d) urban riots
The Hegira refers to
a. the faith tax paid by non-Muslims living under Muslim power. b. a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. c. the title of the military leader of the Islamic state. d. the flight of Muhammad and his followers to Medina. e. the acts of charity required by Islamic law.
What is the difference between a nomad and a hunter gatherer?
A) Nomads do not participate in the cultivation of the land, whereas hunter gatherers do cultivate the land while men hunt/follow the herds. B) There is no difference between hunter gatherers and nomads other than the historical periods in which they are active. C) Nomads have domesticated herds that they raise across large tracts of land and use for sustenance, and they do not cultivate the land. Hunter gatherers have no domesticated animals or cultivated land; they rely upon following herds as they migrate and picking roots, etc. as they travel. D) Nomads follow the herds like hunter gatherers but they have a homestead where cultivation of crops takes place to aid in sustaining their families. E) Nomads travel in groups no larger than 15, as any more than that is not sustainable. Hunter gatherers travel in even smaller groups as food is saved for difficult winters.
In the 1960s, the radical group known as "Weathermen"
A. expressed their ideas in a manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement. B. targeted SDS meetings as sites of un-American activity. C. were involved in college bombings that claimed several lives. D. seized administration offices at Columbia University. E. reflected the attitudes of a majority of college students at major universities.