In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that
A) states had the right to decide how children should be educated.
B) the self-esteem of black children was not a compelling reason for desegregation.
C) equal facilities had to be maintained for segregation to be permitted.
D) segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
E) the desegregation of public schools should occur gradually.
D
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican War included
A) Mexican payment of $15 million in damage claims to the United States. B) American assumption of $3.25 million of Mexican debts owed to citizens of the United States. C) annexation of Texas by the United States. D) the banning of slavery from all Mexican territories ceded to the United States.
Which of the following articles of the Versailles treaty did Wilson refuse to compromise with the U.S. Senate?
A) Article 10 B) Article 11 C) Article 12 D) Article 13
Which Confederate states were generally the last to secede?
Select one: a. those closest to the Atlantic Ocean b. those bordering the Union states c. those with small slave populations
Prior to the 1880s the federal government believed that Indians could best be civilized by
a. Christianizing them.
b. relegating them to reservations.
c. democratizing tribal government.
d. teaching them the concepts of capitalism.