What key social conditions and events triggered the modern Civil Rights Movement?
What will be an ideal response?
After a long legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially segregated schools to be unconstitutional. The subsequent desegregation of schools led to violent conflicts, even after President Eisenhower used federal troops to decisively enforce court orders. The torture and murder of Emmett Till showcased white terrorism, and the trial of Till's murderers showed ordinary black citizens standing up in court to accuse their white oppressors. After Rosa Parks was arrested for violating city bus segregation, Montgomery, Alabama, blacks held a bus boycott that gained national attention and brought Martin Luther King Jr. to the fore as a leader of the movement.
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As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to
a. reduce the federal debt. b. bring more industry to the United States. c. see that more agricultural products were exported. d. bolster the national credit. e. put the country on the gold standard.
The Mongol conquest of Persia
a. while bloody, was less bloody than the Arab conquest of the same region centuries before. b. was disastrous for agriculture in the region. c. had little impact on the Mongols who settled in the region, as they rejected Islam and Muslim culture. d. opened the region to the penetration of Buddhism.
Muslim rule probably did not have a significant impact on the lives of most Indian women.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In the cases of Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Chief Justice Marshall's rulings
a. erected barriers against democratic attacks on property rights. b. established the principle of judicial review. c. demonstrated his support for states' rights. d. upheld federal authority against individual rights. e. held federal regulatory laws unconstitutional.