The organization that supported Plessy’s court case, the New Orleans Citizens Committee, can best be described as __________
a) a local organization formed to support changes to segregation laws
b) a national organization founded to fund legal battles against segregation
c) a national organization founded to conduct nonviolent protests throughout the South
d) a white citizens’ council formed to support the interests of the local establishment
Answer: a
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A) Occasionally, black men served in integrated units in the army. B) White officers were often ready to command black troops because they received more pay to do so. C) Black soldiers were paid less because whites thought they would be used only for menial work. D) Blacks were used only as combat troops, since that was more dangerous.
All of the following were features of the new industrial cities except
A) higher mortality rates than in the countryside. B) the growth of slums. C) overcrowding and poor sanitation. D) a safer water supply. E) slums so vile that they actually attracted tourists.
Which of the following best describes the Gaspée incident off the coast of Rhode Island in 1772?
a. Overeager British customs officials gunned down a French smuggler on an American vessel. b. A British customs patrol boat ran aground in its pursuit of an American smuggler vessel and was set on fire by a band of angry colonists. c. The British learned about an early diplomatic effort of the colonists to gain French support for their revolutionary war for independence. d. The murder of a British customs officer on a French smuggler boat brought the wrath of the British Empire to the colonies.
After Britain defeated Argentina in the Falkland Islands war of 1982, Argentina's military government was replaced by civilian rule
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false