A landmark case on the legality of segregation derived from a challenge by __________ to a state law requiring segregated travel accommodations

a) Homer Plessy
b) Denmark Vesey
c) Louis Martinet
d) John Marshall Harlan


Answer: a

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After the first seven southern states seceded from the Union, the new Confederate States of America elected _____ as president of the new southern slave republic

A) Robert E. Lee B) Jefferson Davis C) Stonewall Jackson D) P.G.T. Beauregard E) John C. Calhoun, Jr.

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The caste system of India divided people by

a. height b. material wealth c. occupation d. skin color e. military ability

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What has been the sticking point between the Catholic Church and the Social Movements to this present day?

A) The use of contraceptives B) The recruitment of priests C) The requirement that priests be celibate D) Abortion in cases of rape or incest, or a child too young to bear children E) Abortion in cases of molestation by clergy

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In the late nineteenth century, conditions for the workers did begin to improve. Why? What role did the labor unions play? What role did Marx-or fear of a Marxian-style revolution-play in this improvement? In what ways might this role be ironic?

What will be an ideal response?

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