Which of the following statements about southern blacks’ political mobilization in 1865 and 1866 is LEAST accurate?
a. Blacks held conventions throughout the South at which they demanded the right to vote.
b. Black mobilization was especially strong in cities, where it built off the existing infrastructure of churches and fraternal societies.
c. Black mobilization was strongest in those areas of the South where federal troops had the longest presence.
d. The free black urban elite completely dominated black politics, preventing the voices of rural blacks from being heard.
d. The free black urban elite completely dominated black politics, preventing the voices of rural blacks from being heard.
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a. played no role at all in settling the dispute. b. sympathized completely with the company owners. c. turned his attention to the Pure Food and Drug Act instead. d. brought the two sides to the White House to come to an agreement.
As a result of the Missouri Compromise,
A) slavery was banned north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Territory. B) free blacks were not allowed to migrate into Missouri. C) slavery was abolished in all states north of 36° 30'. D) there were temporarily more slave states in the Union than free states.
Hitler's plan for his new eastern European territory was to
A) create a wilderness zone around Germany. B) divide it into a large number of small autonomous states. C) resettle millions of Germans on land from which Poles and other Slavs had been removed by murder or expulsion. D) create a Jewish colony in the most remote area. E) create youth camps for interrogation and military training.
Becoming director of research for the National Urban League in 1921, Charles S. Johnson published:
A) The Negro in Chicago: A Study in Race Relations and a Race Riot. B) The New Negro. C) The Negro Genius. D) Home to Harlem.