The first-hand footage in the film Trouble the Water (2007) highlights the ineffectiveness of government and __________
a) racial bias in the treatment of flood victims
b) mutual support across racial lines between residents of New Orleans
c) the importance of religious groups in supporting relief efforts
d) the role of civil rights leaders in the crisis
Answer: a
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a) Kellogg–Briand Pact b) Tripartite Pact c) Axis Powers d) Nazi blitzkrieg
All of the following were true of the 1989 demonstrations by Chinese young people and urban professionals EXCEPT
A) It began because the groups felt they were being left behind in the rapidly growing enterprises. B) The demonstrations, though violent, led to no loss of life for soldiers or demonstrators. C) The group occupied the center of the capital in the symbolic space of Tiananmen Square. D) The government decided to use military force to end the demonstrations and the occupation. E) Suppression of the demonstrations brought international embarrassment to China.
When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was
a. a lack of money. b. a more powerful commercial class to contain. c. the need for a navy. d. a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. e. a much smaller population.
Between 1820 and 1870 the industrial revolution affected the United States as
a. old seaports experienced a slow decline in population. b. commercial agriculture became less important. c. international trade became far more valuable than the domestic market. d. cities grew faster than ever before or since. e. older, more established urban areas grew faster than new cities.