What two firsts raised African Americans' expectations?
A) Jackie Robinson winning baseball's Rookie of the Year award and Ralph Bunche receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
B) civil rights legislation and voluntary desegregation in Alabama
C) antilynching legislation and a civil rights division in the Justice Department
D) the election of Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and unions accepting blacks
Answer: A
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William Jennings Bryan is noted for
a. winning the popular vote for President in 1896 but losing the electoral vote. b. serving as legal counsel for the American Railway Union in the Pullman strike. c. switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the election of 1890. d. serving beer and wine at campaign meetings. e. expressing the views of the farmers and laborers in his "cross of gold" speech.
Which of these did the Beats celebrate?
A. jazz B. progress C. power D. belonging
All of the following contributed to unrest in Southeast Asia EXCEPT
A) experience with self-government. B) the economic crash of 1929. C) draining of resources. D) dramatic population growth. E) the unpredictable world market.
Why did William Jennings Bryan ask anti-imperialist Democrats to support ratification of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War?
A) He wanted the United States to grant the Philippines independence. B) He knew that annexing Cuba would improve the American economy. C) He wanted American Christian values spread to the Philippines and Cuba. D) He wanted Filipinos, Cubans, and Hawaiians to become American citizens.