Why did Mexicans migrate into the United States in the early 20th century and the 1920s?
What will be an ideal response?
The agricultural expansion in the American Southwest brought employment opportunities
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What was the result when local Indians were rounded up and moved into Spanish towns?
A) They refused to the point of death converting to Christianity. B) They often became victims of the Inquisition. C) They learned to read and write and began to assimilate into the dominant society. D) They were sometimes captured and taken as slaves to the plantations of Brazil. E) They were treated as perpetual children, and so were taught Christianity and handcrafts.
What did the United States believe was the key to containing communism in the countries Stalin already controlled?
A) Keeping a significant military force in all other European countries. B) Making sure that West Germany was economically successful. C) Gaining control of East Berlin through clandestine means. D) Convincing Europe's neutral countries that joining the fight against communism was necessary. E) Getting rid of Stalin, by assassination if necessary.
In 1858 the Government of India Act __________.
A. increased the authority of native rulers B. improved the sepoys' wages and working conditions C. transferred political authority from the East India Company to the British crown D. transferred political authority from the East India Company to India
Following passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, how did the federal government respond to the Klan activity preventing blacks in the South from voting?
a. Lacking presidential support for their request for military intervention, Congress was unable to enforce compliance by the state governments in the South. b. Congress passed the Force Acts that made interference with voting rights a federal crime, provided for federal supervision of elections, and empowered the president to call out troops. c. Congress ignored pleas from southern governors to provide federal assistance in the matter, fearing the repercussions of a sustained postwar military presence in the South. d. While President Grant ordered the military to oversee election sites in the years 1870-1872, the failure to enforce the law through arrests or prosecutions led to increased Klan activity.