How did Congress react to the defeat of the Lodge Bill?
a. Northern congressmen forced through a constitutional amendment protecting voting rights for African Americans.
b. Congress essentially sacrificed African American voting rights for the sake of the McKinley Tariff.
c. Congress overrode the president's veto.
d. Several members of the House of Representatives resigned in protest.
B
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In the early twentieth century, the American middle class
a. did not include any significant numbers from ethnic groups. b. included an increasing number of immigrant business owners. c. slowed assimilation of ethnic groups. d. was primarily urban in nature. e. came to be dominated by ethnic groups.
What was the motivation for German Lutherans to come to the middle colonies in the later 1700s?
A) Their primary goal was to improve their lives materially. B) They wanted to escape the war that was going on between Germany and France. C) They were seeking political freedom. D) They were seeking religious freedom. E) Their primary goal was to convert more people to Lutheranism in the colonies.
Over the years, affirmative action policies were passed to ________
A) secure the power of each branch of government B) allow the president to reinstitute the military draft C) limit the terms of those elected to governmental positions D) ensure greater participation by minorities E) give more decision-making power to the people
Research shows that 84% of American women have at least one child by age 50. This is likely influenced by ______.
A. the motherhood mandate B. a woman’s innate desire to be a mother C. her age relative to her husband’s age D. intensive mothering