At extreme levels girls and women turn their own bodies into _________ to which they devote extraordinary amounts of time and money.
a. fetish objects
b. objects of desire
c. subjective selves
d. investment properties
a. fetish objects
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Southerners considered the military draft and income tax gross violations of ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Andrew Johnson was acquitted in the Senate because _______
A) the President’s attorneys argued for a wide interpretation of “high crimes and misdemeanors” B) seven Republican senators broke with the party leadership and voted for acquittal C) the Senate knew that the House of Representatives would never vote for impeachment D) the prosecution argued that Stanton’s removal did not violate the Tenure of Office Act E) Republicans feared that Johnson’s removal would strengthen the executive branch
How did the northern public respond to Abraham Lincoln’s preliminary emancipation proclamation?
a. Although abolitionists vehemently opposed it as a lukewarm measure, most northerners accepted it as a necessary step toward military victory. b. Most northerners embraced the proclamation because it gave a deeper meaning to the bloody fighting they had endured beyond a return to the status quo antebellum. c. Many northerners looked on the proclamation unfavorably and made their displeasure known by voting for Lincoln’s political opponents. d. Northerners were almost unanimously opposed to the measure, and responded to it by giving anti-war politicians a convincing majority in Congress after the 1862 elections.
Following passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, how did the federal government respond to the Klan activity preventing blacks in the South from voting?
a. Lacking presidential support for their request for military intervention, Congress was unable to enforce compliance by the state governments in the South. b. Congress passed the Force Acts that made interference with voting rights a federal crime, provided for federal supervision of elections, and empowered the president to call out troops. c. Congress ignored pleas from southern governors to provide federal assistance in the matter, fearing the repercussions of a sustained postwar military presence in the South. d. While President Grant ordered the military to oversee election sites in the years 1870-1872, the failure to enforce the law through arrests or prosecutions led to increased Klan activity.