In the case Shaw v. Reno (1993), the Supreme Court __________
A) ruled that states had the right to draw their congressional districts any way they saw fit
B) invalidated an effort by North Carolina’s legislature to guarantee that one congressional district would contain a majority of black voters
C) rejected federal affirmative action statutes
D) ruled that affirmative action was a constitutional remedy for past racial discrimination
Answer: B
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A) Chicago. B) Boston. C) New York City. D) Philadelphia.
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a. Kuwait was liberated but Saddam Hussein stayed in power. b. the United States and Iraq bogged down in a stalemate in the desert. c. the United States won the war with air power alone. d. Saddam Hussein retained political control of Kuwait but was prevented from overthrowing the rulers of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. e. Saddam Hussein was overthrown by rebel Iraqis who received American aid.
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A) ?less than 1 million B) ?roughly 5 million C) ?roughly 20 million D) ?more than 100 million
Which of the following defines the term millet?
A) a well-trained and well-armed elite infantry corps B) a royal council headed by a vizier C) a high-official appointed by the sultan to head the bureaucracy D) a minority group under the leadership of a shaykh who answered to the sultan E) a chancery named after a gate at the sultan's palace