Which of the following accurately characterizes the segregation of passenger trains?
A) It reflected the importance southern legislatures attached to white supremacy.
B) It was motivated primarily by economic considerations.
C) It did not exist before the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.
D) It was not resisted in any significant way by African Americans.
Answer: B
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Which of the following are examples of the interaction between humans and deities in Sumerian culture?
A) Deities inspire love and fear, are above reproach, and rarely interact with humans. B) Everything depended upon the deities, and humans were merely servants to them; while humans were fallible, deities were above reproach. C) Deities were as fallible as humans but their activities were above reproach. Deities had no interactions with humans unless they were involved in the act of worship. D) Deities were responsible for everything in the human world, yet they were just as fallible as humans and often interacted with them, sometimes producing offspring together. E) Deities were the embodiment of perfection and often interacted with humans as a reminder of their power and the need for worship.
Baroque artists sought to harmonize the
A. draftsmanship of abstract expressionism with romantic naturalism. B. seriousness of Rocco with Graeco-Roman Neo-classicism. C. ideals of Renaissance art with spiritual feelings of the religious reformations. D. iconoclasm of church art with the Neo-Gothic style. E. subconscious with the conscious.
This group led opposition to the Stamp Act.
a) Minutemen b) Sons of Liberty c) X-men d) Continental Spies e) Sons of Anarchy
All of the following were results of World War II EXCEPT
A) Poland was occupied by the U.S.S.R. B) the U.S. was a superpower. C) France was no longer a major power. D) Soviets agreed to allow free access to Berlin. E) Japan became increasingly anti-West.