Which of the following became a leader of the South’s “segregation forever” forces when he personally blocked the door of a University of Alabama registration hall to prevent two African Americans from registering for courses at the school?
a. Richard Nixon.
b. Orval Faubus.
c. Thurgood Marshall
d. Hubert Humphrey.
e. George Wallace.
ANS: E
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The __________ nation was an amalgam of peoples of both Native American and African origins
a. Algonquin b. Seminole c. Cherokee d. Apache e. Choctaw