How did Harry Truman succeed in expanding federal civil rights legislation?
A. forcing workplace equality measures
B. passing anti-lynching legislation
C. protecting African American voting rights
D. de-segregating the armed forces
Answer: D
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In pre-industrial Europe, the economy of a household that developed on farms, in artisans' workshops, and in small merchants' shops was known as the:
A. household economy. B. domestic economy. C. family economy. D. merchant economy. E. private economy.
What enabled the Qin to subdue their main rivals and solidify their authority?
A. Their construction of a public irrigation system B. Their decision to continue Chinese political traditions C. Their geographic location, which gave them a strong defensive position D. Their ability to limit the power of aristocrats E. Their embrace of Confucianism.
In 1996, California voters passed a controversial ballot initiative known as Proposition 209, which
A. established immigration quotas for the state. B. eliminated racial and gender preferences in hiring and college admissions. C. provided stiffer penalties for employing illegal aliens in California. D. tightened work restrictions on illegal aliens.
Black sharecropping
A. represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. B. usually led to economic independence. C. was a very common occupation of former slaves. D. involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery. E. differed sharply from the tenant system.