What was the primary means by which the NAACP pursued civil rights during the first half of the twentieth century?
A. through appeals to the president
B. through the courts
C. through civil disobedience
D. by mobilizing grass-roots activists
E. by lobbying Congress
Answer: B
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A. Congress is less diverse today than at any other point in history. B. Congress is not demographically representative of the American public. C. African Americans are more likely to be elected to the Senate. D. Latino representation in Congress is proportional to their percentage of the population. E. The composition of Congress closely resembles the leadership of other realms, like the corporate world and academia.
Which of the following has been instrumental in undermining the momentum of ethnic separatism in Russia in recent years?
A. suspending the rights and privileges of ethnic minorities B. unleashing a regime of political repression C. encouraging factional disputes among different ethnic groups D. increasing the importance of ethnicity as political identity E. providing ethnic political leaders powerful incentives to cooperate with rather than fight against Moscow
Local governments find themselves squeezed fiscally because
a. They possess only those powers of taxation given to them in state constitutions or by state legislatures. b. They lost federal revenue sharing. c. Both a and b d. Neither a nor b
The EPA provides the president with an annual report on the state of the environment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.