How did white neighborhoods in many Northern cities respond to the rapid influx of new African American residents from the South during and after World War II?
a. They formed Ku Klux Klan chapters and paraded the streets openly.
b. They witnessed the increasing diversity of their neighborhoods with curiosity
and optimism.
c. They created white covenants - agreements among homeowners not to sell to
black buyers.
d. They moved out of the suburbs into the inner city apartments African
Amerians seemed to shun.
Answer: c. They created white covenants - agreements among homeowners not to sell to
black buyers.
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a. passage of civil rights legislation. b. the Freedom Riders. c. an end to lynching in America. d. efforts to integrate Ole Miss (University of Mississippi). e. the ouster of Orval Faubus from his position as Arkansas governor.
As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystallize, most notably
a. the use of indentured servants. b. loyalty to England. c. the continuing rigidity of Puritanism. d. the breaking of the Atlanta economy. e. the importance of slave labor in the South.
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A. a profitable business venture B. better relations with French settlers C. improved relations with local Indian tribes D. improved attendance in church E. an increase in the political rights of women
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a. The hoplites were unreliable because of their exclusion from politics. b. The independent poleis fostered rivalry and mistrust among neighbors. c. The poor in Greece suffered more severe hardship than in other world societies. d. The Greeks refused to abandon their policy of nonviolence. e. The rivalry between helots and hoplites caused a breakdown of democracy.