The 1992 acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating Rodney King after he was stopped for speeding sparked race riots that left 53 people dead in what city?

A) ?Atlanta
B) ?Chicago
C) ?Los Angeles
D) ?New York


C

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Upon becoming president, Thomas Jefferson pledged his administration's support for all of the following principles EXCEPT

A) democratic simplicity. B) limited government. C) states' rights. D) implied powers.

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By 1970, the economic sector that had declined the most in the United States was the

A) ?industrial sector B) ?information technology sector C) ?agricultural sector D) military sector E) ?service sector

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Americans who believed in republican virtues called on women to

a. take on new political and legal rights. b. work outside the home. c. become the recognized heads of families. d. serve as examples of honesty and discipline.

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During World War II, the United States military services

A. saw the major purpose of the USO as bringing new recruits into the armed forces. B. encouraged USO women to form relationships with servicemen. C. tolerated homosexuality. D. banned the practice of painting bathing beauties on the nosecones of fighter planes. E. quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships.

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