All of the following statements regarding the German attack on the Lusitania are true except it
a. was an unwarranted attack against a purely passenger vessel.
b. resulted in the loss of more than 100 American lives.
c. was denounced strongly by Wilson.
d. increased American hostility toward Germany.
e. led to the resignation of Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan.
a
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A. impoundment B. taxes C. mine ownership D. duties
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s resulted in
a. an increase in legal segregation. b. a truly integrated American society at all levels. c. almost no progress on ending racial segregation. d. progress, but also ghetto riots and a "white backlash." e. the assassination of Vice President Herbert Humphrey.
Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?
A) the theory that power within a government had to be restrained through a series of checks and balances. B) the realization that both houses of a bicameral legislature represented all the people, not just narrow classes. C) the idea that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public good rather than the interests of the powerful few. D) the assertion that government was based on the consent of the governed and that revolution, therefore, was sometimes justifiable. E) the introduction of government with powers divided among three branches.
Who among the following was NOT a participant in the youth-oriented music industry of the 1950s?
A. Alan Freed B. Big Joe Turner C. Francis Spellman D. Sam Phillips