In deciding whether Japanese immigrant Takao Ozawa was "white" enough to become an American citizen, the Supreme Court ruled that whiteness was
A) based on physical and facial features.
B) based on skin color alone.
C) a matter of cultural assimilation.
D) constitutionally inadmissible as a basis for legal discrimination.
E) a socially-constructed idea with no scientific basis.
A
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The Half-Way Covenant signaled the
A) emergence of a colonial elite in the Chesapeake colonies. B) decline of religious fervor in New England. C) balancing out of the sex ratio in the Chesapeake colonies. D) rejection of commercial values in New England.
Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy after his release from imprisonment for his participation in
a. the revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the early 1820s. b. an attempt to invade Savoy in 1834. c. a constitutional government established in Naples in 1820. d. an unsuccessful insurrection by the Carbonari in the Papal states during 1831-1832. e. the revolutions of 1848.
Which of the following situations that took place during the 1930s was an example of appeasement by the Allies in Europe towards Germany?
A) Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 B) permitting Germany to allow harsh anti-Semitic policies within its boundaries C) allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland after the 1938 Munich Conference D) the USSR's signing of a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939
Which factor seems to indicate that the Polynesian migrations were intentional rather than accidental?
a. Evidence of religious rites b. Coin artifacts with similar symbols and markings c. Main staple foods of the Polynesian diet being dispersed throughout the area d. The lack of women on the voyages e. Allegiance to the same monotheistic god