The Whig party drew support from
a. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
b. opponents of the American System.
c. southerners and states' rightists.
d. large northern industrialists and merchants.
e. supporters of public schools.
a, c, d, e
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a. segregation in bus and train stations used in interstate commerce b. segregation in public schools c. discrimination in voter registration d. discrimination in college admission policies
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 primarily focused on the issue of
A. violence directed against civil rights workers. B. fair employment practices. C. housing discrimination. D. voting rights. E. desegregation of public accommodations.
In the early nineteenth century, women
A) could not vote or hold office. B) could not own property if they were married. C) could not gain custody of their children if they were divorced. D) None of these choices E) All of these choices
How did the Dawes Severalty Act try to "civilize" the Indians?
a. by turning them into landowning ranchers and farmers b. by making public education compulsory on reservations c. by threatening to exterminate Indians if they refused to adopt white culture d. by sending Christian missionaries to convert Indians e. by arranging for their children to be fostered out to white families