Truman's most important practical contribution to the civil rights movement was __________.
A. introducing legislation based on the To Secure These Rights report
B. integrating the armed services by executive order
C. challenging the segregation laws in Washington, D.C.
D. appointing the first black cabinet member
Answer: B
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Prosperity under the Tang dynasty was largely due to
A) government intervention in the Chinese economy. B) individual prosperity. C) the absence of famine. D) the discovery of large quantities of precious minerals. E) the closing of the silk route.
King James I opposed the Separatists who wanted to break away entirely from the Church of England because he
a. realized that if his subjects could defy him as their spiritual leader, they could defy him as their political leader. b. strongly believed in the concept of "visible saints." c. never understood the political implications of their actions. d. believed that they were turning their backs on the true Calvinist faith. e. was a strong Catholic and the Separatists' doctrine went counter to the strict interpretation of the Bible.
The Seneca Falls Convention was called to
a. protest gender inequality. b. make public the illegal treaties imposed on Amerindians by the United States. c. more fairly distribute western lands to traditional Amerindian tribes. d. fight Jim Crow laws in the American South. e. distribute farmlands to Amerindian tribes of the Great Plains.
Look at the picture of nineteenth-century Russian merchants on page 730. How does it represent Russia's uneasy marriage of western European and traditional Russian influences? How successful were Russia's efforts at modernization and industrialization?
What will be an ideal response?