Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were
a. retaliation for violent crimes against whites.
b. designed to intimidate African Americans to accept second-class status.
c. done to scare blacks into moving out of the South.
d. exceeding rare during the decade between 1890 and 1900.
e. prosecuted vigorously by Southern state and local legal authorities.
b
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In the case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall opted to __________
A) acknowledge the legitimacy of Marbury's claim, but rule that the law authorizing his suit was unconstitutional, which satisfied no one B) order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus asserting the power of the Supreme Court but running the risk that the administration would ignore the order C) refuse to order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus appearing to buckle under to the executive branch D) declare that Marbury was entitled to a commission, but decline to give the order due to a legal technicality, which gave everyone a partial victory
The policy of Christian Social Reform entailed
A) a liberal approach. B) a conservative approach. C) support of capitalism as an economic plan. D) Rerum Novarum. E) support of socialism as a societal advance.
Bacon’s Rebellion frightened colonial authorities in Virginia because it revealed that
a. blacks would readily unite with Indians against white colonists. b. white servants would unite with blacks against colonial authorities. c. neither white servants nor black slaves would support the colonial government’s wars against Indians. d. rich white planters would no longer support the institution of slavery.
For years, a major exception to the trend toward political pluralism in the region was _________, where Suharto ruled without restraints.
A. Thailand B. Cambodia C. Laos. D. Burma E. Indonesia