In the late 1960s, an aid to President Nixon suggested that "the issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect." What did he mean? Do you think he was right? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
The comment was intended to convey the sentiment that the civil rights movement had forced change to occur, but that people needed time to adjust and the successes that had been achieved needed to be consolidated. Alternatively, the comment meant that African Americans were making too many demands and that law and order and social stability were preferable to social change and the full equality goals of the civil rights movement.
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The ruler Octavian took the ruling title ________
A) Augustus Caesar B) Julius Caesar C) Trajan D) Hadrian
The text states that Rome's greatest legacy to the West was
a. law. b. architecture and engineering. c. preserving and transforming Greek art and architecture. d. its military prowess. e. philosophy and science.
By 1780, what major factor prevented Britain from concentrating all of its military might and naval power in America?
a. The Revolution had grown into an international struggle that taxed British resources. b. The French and Spanish navies effectively controlled the seas. c. The Spanish threatened to invade North America if Britain did so. d. Britain lacked military leadership.
What came about as a result of the Pequot War of 1637?
a. The abolition of Indian "praying towns" b. The triumph of the Pequots over the English settlers c. Four decades of uneasy peace between the Puritans and the Indians d. English restrictions on colonial expansion e. Better relations with the remaining Indians