When Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged an impromptu demonstration after winning their Olympic events in 1968, they:
A) became national heroes.
B) were invited to the White House to meet Lyndon Johnson.
C) were kicked off the US Olympic team.
D) were asked to join the Black Panthers.
Answer: C
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How did racism develop in the early 1800s?
A) Science became more objective and held that blacks and whites were equal. B) Northern whites became more racist than southern whites. C) Racists believed that black people were closer to apes than to whites. D) Educated people were beginning to believe that blacks were superior to whites.
In its early centuries, the Holy Roman Empire failed to develop a powerful centralized government because
a. the Emperors were preoccupied with northern Italy and the Papacy. b. the Emperors were elected. c. the main princes were fiercely independent. d. the nobility was able to consolidate its control over local populations. e. all of the above
Caesar became ruler of Rome after he successfully governed ______and then led his army to Rome where the senate declared him dictator
a. Gaul. b. Egypt. c. North Africa. d. Britain. e. Parthia.
The Swahili favored what culture in architecture, dress, and ideas of inheritance?
a. Bantu b. Arab c. Yoruba d. Nilotic e. Egyptian