An all-white jury acquitted the two men who lynched Emmett Till in __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Mississippi
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When President Roosevelt died in April 1945, he was succeeded by
A) Dwight Eisenhower. B) Henry Wallace. C) Thomas E. Dewey. D) Harry Truman.
In what way did the Hittite empire show the greatest degree of continuity with older Near Eastern cultures?
A) use of cuneiform to write their language. B) worship of the same gods. C) being a heavily urbanized culture. D) speaking a related Semitic language. E) being a peaceful people who expanded by trade and not war.
When Booker T. Washington stated in his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address" that "the opportunity [for blacks] to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house," he
believed that race relations would improve if __________. A) African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient B) African Americans defended themselves with rifles C) African Americans left the United States D) white Americans understood the poverty in which many African Americans lived
According to the Kentucky Resolutions, __________
a. ultimate power always remained with the federal government b. states had the right to nullify federal law under certain circumstances c. the Sedition Act was worthy of enforcement by the states d. Kentucky chose to remain neutral in the contest between Hamilton and Jefferson e. the "general welfare" of the nation should be the guiding principle in state decisions