To dramatize the Indians' plight, American Indian Movement activists
a. kidnapped the chief of police of Los Angeles and threatened to "scalp" him.
b. gave whites bogus tickets for a one-way boat ride to go back to Europe.
c. burned replicas of treaties between Indians and the federal government.
d. seized Alcatraz Island and demanded to use it as a cultural center.
D
You might also like to view...
Justinian's most significant accomplishment was reuniting the old Roman Empire for several generations.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
New York became the most prominent symbol of the postwar suburban boom; one-fifth of the population growth of the 1950s occurred there.
a. true b. false
The framers of the Constitution believed the country suffered from too much __________.
A. wealth B. social mobility C. freedom D. democracy
In the case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall opted to
A) acknowledge the legitimacy of Marbury's claim, but rule that the law authorizing his suit was unconstitutional, which satisfied no one. B) resign from the court, thus accepting the mandate the Republicans had received in the election of 1800. C) order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus asserting the power of the Supreme Court but running the risk that the administration would ignore the order. D) refuse to order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus appearing to buckle under to the executive branch. E) declare that Marbury was entitled to a commission, but decline to give the order due to a legal technicality, which gave everyone a partial victory.