Which of the following was true of Oscar Micheaux’s movies?
A) They featured rural characters.
B) They were popular with white audiences.
C) They focused on middle- and upper-class African Americans.
D) They were mostly light-hearted comedies.
Answer: C
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A) governor B) state senator C) lieutenant governor D) Blacks were not elected to any state offices during Reconstruction.
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a. a one-third increase in the territorial size of the United States. b. combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War. c. increased respect for American military and naval capabilities. d. friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations. e. deepened sectional tensions over slavery.
In 1956, scheduled national elections for Vietnam were canceled because
A. the communist government in North Vietnam refused to participate. B. a leading presidential candidate was assassinated. C. the United Nations asserted it would be impossible to prevent election fraud. D. the leader of the pro-Western government in South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, refused to hold them. E. actions by the National Liberation Front (NLF) prevented free and open elections.
Criminal activity in Europe steadily escalated before reaching a plateau around ________
A. 1820 B. 1840 C. 1860 D. 1880