The massacre at Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1885 is evidence of which of the following?
A. Miners and railway workers in the American West often reacted with violence against newly hired Hispanic workers.
B. Labor strikes often led to disorder and violence in mining communities in the American West in the late nineteenth century.
C. Discrimination against African Americans was just as prevalent in the American West as in the South during the late nineteenth century.
D. Racist attitudes against Chinese immigrants were prevalent in the American West in the late nineteenth century.
Answer: D
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A. It was under the direction of General Oliver O. Howard. B. It was charged with overseeing southern Reconstruction. C. It helped feed millions of starving ex-slaves but refused to give aid to poor white southerners. D. It was a special agency of the War Department.
The German sinking of the American ship Reuben James
A. essentially triggered an American naval war against Germany. B. led Congress to approve American ships sailing into belligerent ports. C. led Congress to approve both the arming of American merchant ships and the sailing of American ships into belligerent ports. D. All these answers are correct. E. led Congress to approve the arming of American merchant ships.
Companionate marriages in the South were
A) increasingly common, and tied to patriarchal norms. B) increasingly common in the mid-1800s. C) unheard of. D) obviated by a commitment to kinship networks.
President Barack Obama's foreign policy initiatives included all of these goals EXCEPT
a. to withdraw troops in Afghanistan. b. to end the war in Iraq. c. to ban torture methods in dealing with potential terrorists. d. to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. e. to bring to trial those responsible for the torture at Abu Ghraib prison.