Evaluate the following statement: The foundations for the civil rights movement were laid in the 1950s
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Students should recognize that the Brown decision established the principle that segregated
institutions are inherently unequal, even though very few schools were actually integrated. Students should recognize that the Montgomery bus boycott did not end segregation on buses (it took a court order), but that it did mobilize an entire community, a key tactic to be used in subsequent decades. Students should recognize that President Eisenhower's use of troops in Little Rock did not indicate a federal commitment to civil rights. But the tactic of creating a crisis that requires presidential action is something civil rights activists would use over and over again.
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A) poor lending practices B) overproduction C) an Asian stock market slump D) crop failure
Among the goals of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was to
a. provide loans and jobs for domestic workers. b. quiet the groundswell of protest produced by the Communist Party. c. provide hydroelectric power to impoverished rural areas. d. produce works of theater, music, and art for the public. e. provide unemployment compensation to those who lost their jobs.
Which one of the following was TRUE of New France?
A) It was the subject of a great deal of favorable publicity throughout Europe. B) Its commitment to religious toleration was a source of great embarrassment for less tolerant powers like England and Spain. C) Its population was limited at best, because France feared that a significant emigration would undermine its role as a great European power. D) The only women allowed to reside there were nuns, a reflection of the French commitment to spreading Catholicism. E) Seigneuries were the only democratic areas in the colony.
Who was the running mate of Thomas Jefferson in 1800?
What will be an ideal response?