__________’s candidacy signaled a dramatic shift in African American voting patterns during the 1930s
a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) Herbert Hoover
c) Calvin Coolidge
d) Harry Truman
Answer: a
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a. Washingtonians were celebrating the victory of New Orleans and the announcement of peace. b. The United States had just lost a major battle. c. A smallpox epidemic had just struck the city, paralyzing the government. d. France and Britain had just agreed to a peace treaty.
The __________ Party wanted to preserve the western territories for white farmers.
a. Democratic b. Whig c. Free-Soil d. Liberty
Many young ministers like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy were members of the NAACP:
A) and took an active role in organizing locals throughout the South. B) but were frustrated and impatient with the gradualist legal tactics of the organization. C) and raised money for the association's legal efforts. D) and continually praised the organization from their pulpits.
President Jefferson wanted to acquire the Louisiana territory for all of the following reasons except which one?
a. Thousands of Americans lived west of the Appalachian Mountains, and many of them relied on Mississippi-River-based trade. b. He feared having powerful France control the Mississippi River. c. He opposed having Britain reestablish an empire in North America. d. More than 20,000 tons of freight was carried by Mississippi River boats each year.