Coupled with incidents like the bombing of New York City's World Trade Center in 1993, the attitudes of most Americans toward non-European immigrants:
a) reflected a willingness for new immigrants to work at lower-paying jobs
b) indicated that Americans reacted because of biases as well as concern about loss of jobs
c) suggested that most Americans still believed in open immigration of all races and nationalities
d) was unmitigated and often violent hostility
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is NOT true of the anti-apartheid movement?
A. Well-known musicians, including Run DMC, Bono, and Bonnie Raitt, produced a music video in which they condemned apartheid and pledged never to perform in the South African resort of Sun City. B. The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act would have banned new investment in South Africa but was blocked by President Reagan's veto. C. College students constructed and inhabited mock shantytowns in the middle of their college campus-a symbol of South Africa's poor black townships. D. Activists called for an end to investment in South Africa.
What did Montesquieu argue in The Spirit of the Laws?
a. A balanced political order was based on a contract between subjects and government. b. An absolute monarchy was the best form of government. c. Citizens must voluntarily give up some of their autonomy to a government. d. Only propertied males should be able to take an active part in government. e. Power of government should be limited and rationally distributed between social classes.
How did Ford’s Model T lead to better roads?
A) Ford built roads in every state so people could use his new cars. B) Because urban centers were so crowded, many cities limited the number of cars that could travel through them. C) When cars became popular, cities began building roads far outside their city limits. D) In response to more cars on the road, the federal government required states to establish highway departments. E) Automobile owners had to pay high taxes, which then went to build and improve the federal highway system.