Charlie Cobb of SNCC originated what concept which was put into practice in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964?

a. adding protest songs to marches
b. starting “freedom schools” to expand black children’s educational opportunities
c. organizing the Medical Committee for Human Rights to provide greater healthcare to black Mississippians
d. establishing the Mississippi Project to provide legal services to black Mississippians and civil rights volunteers


b. starting “freedom schools” to expand black children’s educational opportunities

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The issue of runaway slaves was important to most southerners because

a. the South was losing a significant and irreplaceable portion of its labor force. b. the overwhelming success of the Underground Railroad posed critical and immediate threat to the southern way of life. c. while the overall loss of property was relatively insignificant, the loss of honor and the passing of moral judgments by northerners were felt more. d. escaped slaves would likely organize a black army to stage armed rebellions against white southern planters and their plantations. e. escaped slaves would travel North or to Canada and quickly undermine the legitimacy of southerners' racial superiority theories among political leaders of the North and the South.

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Which of the following is a true statement about the plight of workers in America between 1880 and 1900?

A) An average of 35,000 workers died each year on the assembly line. B) They were hired for cheap labor but were later forced into slavery. C) They worked long hours in cotton fields to increase production. D) They faced unemployment and poverty as machines replaced them. E) A large number of women were replaced by men who could work long hours.

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What would the employee free choice act have done:

A: make it easier for workers to unionize their work place through a union card check as opposed to a lengthy voting process B: make it easier for workers to quit their jobs C: make it easier for employers to keep unions out D: none of the above

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Most immigrant newcomers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

A. converted to a Protestant sect. B. supported liberalizing trends in church services. C. sought to retain their familiar religious practices. D. did not go to church because they worked on Sundays.

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