The Michigan congressional representative who was the first to put forward the idea for a national Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday was __________

A) Eleanor Holmes Norton
B) Jesse Jackson
C) John Conyers
D) Mary Frances Berry


Answer: C

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A) Cotton Mather B) Pontiac C) Charles Townshend D) George Grenville E) Neolin

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A) regular church attendance B) sexual excess C) wheat flour D) politics

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According to the Dutch plan of “half-freedom,” blacks in New Netherland were

a. required to attend Dutch churches, but could not have their children baptized there. b. required to pay annual dues for a fixed period as they transitioned from slavery to freedom. c. allowed to have their children freed if they agreed to lifetime servitude. d. allowed to purchase their freedom on the stipulation that they depart from the colony within three weeks of being manumitted.

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