In the late 1940s, the Supreme Court ruled in the Mendez and Delgado cases that:
A) language was not a barrier to citizenship.
B) the separate but equal doctrine applied to Mexican Americans.
C) Mexican Americans could not be excluded from jury lists.
D) segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional.
Answer: D
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A) The raid took place in 1859. B) Brown led 22 men in the attack. C) The raiders attacked a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. D) The attack was a major military success.
From 1629 to 1640, ____ pursued a course of personal rule
a. William of Orange b. James I c. Charles II d. James II e. Charles I
A. Philip Randolph threatened to organize a "Negro March on Washington" in 1941 unless the federal government acted on
a. lynching. b. housing discrimination that plagued black migrants in overcrowded cities. c. black workers´ right to unionize. d. racial discrimination in wartime industry. e. segregation in the armed services.
Points of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845-1846 included
a. damage claims by American citizens against the Mexican government. b. the immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory. c. exclusion of Mexico from the Oregon boundary settlement. d. the refusal of the Mexican government to receive President Polk's envoy, John Slidell, and consider President Polk's offer to purchase California from Mexico. e. American annexation of Texas.