What was the main implication behind Black Codes?
A) Southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality.
B) Southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servitude.
C) Southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen.
D) The freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process.
E) The idea of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional and would not be allowed.
Answer: B
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Which of the following best describes the early American Federation of Labor?
A) an alliance of industrial unions that tried to change the economic system B) an alliance of industrial unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions C) an alliance of craft unions that tried to change the economic system D) an alliance of craft unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions E) an alliance of craft unions that gave its workers a political voice
Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
a. northern blacks had not been allowed to vote in city elections. b. Lyndon Johnson had not been a strong advocate of civil rights legislation. c. the Republican Party had been the lone supporter of civil rights. d. the vast majority of blacks in the South were denied the right to vote.
How did the Democrats and Republicans feel about federal tariffs in the 1880s?
a. Republicans wanted to lower the tariff so that Americans could spend more, but Democrats wanted to keep the tariff to pay for infrastructure. b. Both Democrats and Republicans wanted the tariff to be lowered, but for different reasons. c. Democrats wanted to lower the tariff, but Republicans felt that this undermined American business. d. Republicans wanted to raise the tariff to boost business, but Democrats felt that the tariff should remain as it was. e. Democrats wanted to raise the tariff in order to fund public education, but Republicans wanted to lower the tariff in order to boost business.
The Half-Way Covenant was a reaction to
A) ?new taxes levied by colonial assemblies. B) ?tensions between colonists and natives. C) ?a decline in church membership in Puritan communities. D) ?trade restrictions imposed by the English crown. E) ?a demand for religious freedom in the Carolina Lowcountry.