What did President Truman do in the area of civil rights?
a. He issued an executive order instructing the military to integrate its forces.
b. He presented Congress with legislation that would outlaw segregated housing.
c. He did virtually nothing, driving black voters into the Republican camp.
d. He was openly hostile to the emerging civil rights movement.
A
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A) a private bank B) a canal scheme C) a plantation worked by slave labor D) a coal mine in Tennessee
Which of the following reflects the constitutional theory behind the secession from the Union?
a) The Union was a compact of sovereign states, each of which had the right to leave it. b) The Constitution did not prohibit slavery, so the South had the right to practice slavery. c) Because the South had not elected Abraham Lincoln, he had no mandate to govern them. d) No state from the South had ratified the Constitution, so the South was not bound by it.
Depictions of Siddhartha seated in the meditation position originated during the empire of __________
A) Ashoka B) Chandragupta C) Kanishka D) Mahavira
According to Romans, what was Mare Nostrum?
A) the Rubicon River B) the Alps mountains C) the Adriatic Sea D) the Mediterranean Sea