On affirmative action, President Clinton promised to
a. wholeheartedly support it.
b. "mend it, not end it."
c. support it for private business and universities but not for the federal government or public universities.
d. extend it from African Americans to other minorities.
e. work toward its eventual abolition.
b
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a. It became the chief advisory body of the king. b. It relinquished most of its main powers. c. It became the House of Lords forming a hereditary body of peers in Parliament. d. It became subservient to the House of Commons. e. It was abolished in favor of a unitary parliament.
Conversion to Islam was required of conquered populations
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements about slaves running away from their masters is LEAST accurate?
a. Slaves sometimes ran off after a master’s death, either to escape being sold off or to take advantage of a confused period in the slaveholding household. b. Slaves often ran off in search of family members from whom they had been separated. c. In order to maintain an aura of authority, masters rarely issued public notices when their slaves ran away, and southern society generally ignored the problem. d. For some slaves, running away was a tactic used to escape punishment or to extort concessions from their masters.
The Zoot Suit Riots involved white servicemen and __________.
a. African Americans b. German Americans c. Japanese Americans d. Mexican Americans