What was the significance of biologist Rachel's Carson's 1962 best seller Silent Spring?
-It made Americans aware that atomic war would devastate the planet and the human race.
-It publicized the story of the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed for espionage in 1953.
-It raised awareness about the problem of noise pollution in modern industrial societies.
-The book described and publicized the harmful effects of toxic chemicals on the environment.
The book described and publicized the harmful effects of toxic chemicals on the environment.
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Analysis of the vote in favor of a declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 supports which of the following conclusions?
a. Support for the war came primarily from New England and the South. b. Congressmen from the South and West strongly opposed the war, and those from New England supported it. c. Because there was strong support for the war in all regions, the vote demonstrated American unity. d. Most representatives from the coastal states opposed the war.
Tecumseh argued that Indians should
a. never cede any Indian land to whites under any conditions or per any agreement with whites. b. move west of the Mississippi River. c. not cede control of land to whites unless all Indians agreed. d. exchange traditional buckskin clothing for cloth garments. e. fight as individual tribes and not as a confederacy.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, passed in 1964 protected all of the following groups in “hiring, firing, compensation, classification, promotion, and other conditions of employment” with the exception of:
a. race. b. ethnicity. c. religion. d. nation of origin.
Many colonials saw the ________ Acts as proof of a plot to enslave the colonies.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).