During the 1930s, the Civil Service Commission operated under a “rule of three” by which
a. federal employers were required to interview at least three minority applicants for each open position.
b. federal employers could select a second- or third-ranked white candidate over a first-ranked black one.
c. federal employers could hire one new minority applicant for every three white workers already in service.
d. federal employers could fire minority workers without cause, as long as they retained at least three token minorities in their departments.
b. federal employers could select a second- or third-ranked white candidate over a first-ranked black one.
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Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
a. free trade was essential to a nation's economic health. b. control of the sea was the key to world domination. c. the United States should continue its policy of isolationism. d. the United States should immediately build an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. e. the construction of a large navy was not necessary for a nation to achieve world domination.
The Bush administration decided upon unilateral action after the September 11 attacks and invasion of Afghanistan. The decision was the United States would
A) use force, preemptively if necessary, to strike against those outlaw and rebel states and movements that threatened the world since the fall of communism. B) enter Iraq without the consent of the government to eradicate and terrorist threats. C) go alone if necessary to stop terrorism worldwide. D) eradicate terrorism from every corner of the globe and any governments that sponsor or support terrorist activities in any manner. E) act with disregard for the other Western and world powers if it was in the best interests of protecting her citizens.
What is generally considered to be the greatest failure of the Freedmens Bureau?
a. promoting former slaves' civil rights b. insuring education for former slaves c. helping former slaves obtain land
People can accurately identify someone’s sex simply by examining ______.
A. their gait B. the content of their speech C. moral judgments D. explanatory styles