The Kerner Report, issued in 1968 by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, blamed the urban riots of the mid- to late-sixties on
a. white racism within American society.
b. unfair distribution among the nation's socioeconomic classes of the burden of fighting the Vietnam War.
c. anger over the steep climb in taxes necessary to pay for welfare programs.
d. rising unemployment among the nation's young.
a
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The Force Acts of 1870 and 1871 aimed to curtail the activities of __________.
a) Klansmen b) Catholics c) scalawags d) carpetbaggers
Which of the following bills, passed in 1930, raised American tariffs on foreign agricultural and manufactured goods by as much as 50 percent?
A) The Hawley-Smoot Tariff B) The McKinley Tariff C) The Wilson-Gorman Tariff D) The Payne-Aldrich Tariff E) The Fordney-McCumber Tariff
In the 1850s, the "Young America" movement
A. called for a constitutional ban on slavery. B. called for a national resolution of the slave controversy. C. supported the expansion of American democracy throughout the world. D. believed America should avoid the slavery controversy by limiting future expansion. E. was promoted by Whigs.
What court case severely limited the Fourteenth Amendment?
A) United States v. Cruikshank B) Munn v. Illinois C) Slaughterhouse Cases D) Crandall v. Nevada