The Pullman porter and chairman of the NAACP local in Montgomery who was instrumental in mobilizing resistance to segregation in the city was:
A) Ralph Abernathy.
B) E.D. Nixon.
C) Fred Gray.
D) Jo Ann Robinson.
Answer: B
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The riots that engulfed northern cities and the increasing militancy of the movement demonstrated that:
A) civil rights had become a national issue and not just a southern issue. B) the federal government was needed to bring order to American race relations. C) the legal triumphs of the 1950s had caused as many problems as they fixed. D) a new federal program of urban renewal was needed to combat the economic aspects of American racial problems.
The Heian Period resulted in all the following EXCEPT
A) the Fujiwara family ruled for figurehead emperors. B) no taxation on private estates. C) the construction of a new capital at Kyoto. D) the end of Chinese inspired reforms. E) a renewed domination by the Buddhist clergy.
The following sequence of events is correct:
a. 1) First formulation of the heliocentric system; 2) Newton’s unification of physics and astronomy; 3) Discovery of the elliptical paths of planets; 4) First steam engine. b. 1) Discovery of the elliptical paths of planets; 2) First formulation of the heliocentric system; 3) Newton’s unification of physics and astronomy; 4) First steam engine. c. 1) Newton’s unification of physics and astronomy; 2) First formulation of the heliocentric system; 3) Discovery of the elliptical paths of planets; 4) First steam engine. d. 1) First formulation of the heliocentric system; 2) Discovery of the elliptical paths of planets; 3) Newton’s unification of physics and astronomy; 4) First steam engine.
Who was the interested third party who provided financial assistance to the Spartan side during the Peloponnesian War?
a. the Sicilians b. the Persians c. the Corinthians d. the Romans e. the Ionians