What was the major consequence of World War I for blacks and other racial minorities?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
About half a million rural southern blacks migrated to cities, mainly in the North and Midwest, to obtain employment in war and other industries, especially in steel and meatpacking.
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A) Marblehead, Massachusetts B) Boston C) Nantucket Island D) St. John's Bay
Who described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire"?
A) President Reagan B) President Bush C) Margaret Thatcher D) John Major E) Joseph Stalin
In general, Free-Soilers were:
A) anti-black. B) anti-expansion. C) in favor of annexation of Texas. D) abolitionists.
The Warren Commission
a. investigated allegations of a cover-up in the Watergate scandal. b. left many loose ends in its investigation of the Kennedy assassination. c. censured Senator Joseph McCarthy. d. declared that segregation was not a serious problem in the South.