How did President Theodore Roosevelt respond to reports that black soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment had “shot up” the town of Brownsville, Texas?
a. He insisted that no action should be taken against the soldiers until they had been tried in a fair and partial court of law.
b. He argued that the soldiers were liable to military law, and ordered courts martial which resulted in the execution of three alleged ringleaders.
c. He summarily dishonorably discharged the entire regiment, and temporarily banned them from all federal service, military or civil.
d. He praised the soldiers for defending their personal honor and the honor of their uniforms against gratuitous and provocative insults.
c. He summarily dishonorably discharged the entire regiment, and temporarily banned them from all federal service, military or civil.
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A) ability to organize and manage effectively B) dynamic and charismatic personality C) directness and clarity when dealing with the press D) enthusiasm for heading an activist and reforming administration
What did the German Zollverein do?
A) eliminate internal tariffs B) start a consumer revolution C) subsidize industrialization D) foster capital formation
As a result of the economic transformation with regard to private land ownership, much of the rural population
A. became indentured serfs. B. fled to the cities to become wage workers. C. were able to purchase land based on a zaibatsu banking program for peasants. D. starved to death. E. purchased the right of industrialization ownership through joint stock companies.
Most employed women during the war worked in
A. military support positions B. industrial jobs. C. the service sector. D. child care. E. the factory.