In 1943, riots broke out in southern California between U.S. sailors and __________.
A. Mexican American "zoot suiters"
B. Chinese laborers
C. African American veterans
D. civilian defense plant workers
Answer: A
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The Council of Trent did all of the following except
a. strengthened the authority of local bishops. b. forbade the selling of religious offices. c. recognized the importance of humanist education for the clergy. d. affirmed traditional beliefs and practices.
The basic military strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to
a. control the entire Delaware Valley. b. to cede the West as a minor, unimportant geographical region which lacked Indian allies who could help cause difficulties for Americans in the western areas. c. sever New England from the rest of the states and paralyze the American cause. d. hold all the colonial cities and let colonists control the countryside. e. isolate the South with an early, lightning invasion of all of the southern colonies.
The ________ basically the leading plantation owners-were the political and economic elite of the Chesapeake colonies by the late 1600s.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The growth of American industry in the 1830s and 1840s was influenced by the __________
a. lack of quality craftsmen b. development of mass production c. discovery of oil in Pennsylvania d. rejection of agricultural jobs by youth e. increase in immigrants from eastern Europe and Asia