Describe the origins of the Free Speech Movement on American college campuses.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Students at the University of California, Berkeley, staged sit-ins in 1964 to protest the prohibition of political canvassing on campus. Led by Mario Savio, the movement changed from emphasizing student rights to criticizing the bureaucracy of American society.
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Which of the following characterized the railroads before the Civil War?
a) They were designed more to protect local interests. b) Large railroad companies absorbed small railroad companies. c) Railroads adopted standard schedules, signals, and equipment. d) The majority of railroads extended more than 50 miles.
What might explain the popularity of Horatio Alger's novels aimed at young readers?
A. Literacy was promoted as the best means to achieve corporate success. B. His stories of riches were dreams of escapism for poor children. C. Alger's pieces on child labor in industry led to federal reforms. D. The era's imperialism and wars made stories of other countries very popular.
Who was the most prominent black person associated with the NAACP in the early twentieth century?
A) Booker T. Washington B) Harriet Tubman C) Frederick Douglass D) W.E.B. Du Bois
Which best describes the change in colonial warfare during the eighteenth century?
A) Rather than fight off Native Americans, the colonists found that their main enemies were colonists from other regions of the country. B) Rather than participate in European wars, the colonists were forced to battle against Native Americans. C) Instead of the threat from hostile Native Americans, the colonists faced threats from African-American slaves. D) Instead of facing threats from Native Americans and African-American slaves, the colonists were forced to fight against Spanish forces. E) Instead of being involved in local wars with Native Americans, the colonists became involved with the wars between Britain and France.