Kennedy secured the African American vote in the 1960 presidential election by __________
a. promising to defend African nations from communism
b. promising to appoint an African American as his running mate
c. supporting the release of Martin Luther King, Jr. from jail
d. publicly criticizing southern Democrats who supported segregation
e. being a close personal friend of Stokely Carmichael
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Continental European industrialization
A. started a full generation before it did in England. B. began in Belgium, France, and the German states. C. didn't gain momentum until the 1890s in France. D. was centered in northwestern Piedmont until 1815. E. was initiated by Bismarck, Napoleon III, and Friedrich and Hans Engels.
At the time, the greatest controversy emerging from the Spanish-American War was over
a. whether the declaration of war against Spain had been justified. b. whether the Teller Amendment promising Cuban independence was wise. c. the U.S. insistence on gaining a permanent military base at Guantanamo Bay. d. the U.S. colonial acquisition of the Philippines. e. the U.S. colonial acquisition of Puerto Rico.
The great strike of 1877, in which more than 100 people died, involved __________
A) steel workers B) cowboys C) railroad workers D) oil workers E) textile workers
The Manifesto the 343 supported ______________.
A. legal abortion B. socialist reform C. postmodern theory D. environmentalism E. guest worker programs