On May 7, 1963, when thousands of schoolchildren marched in King’s Children’s Crusade, Birmingham police responded with __________

A) a public relations campaign to turn public opinion against the marchers
B) fire hoses and police dogs to disperse them
C) a press conference to announce the desegregation of downtown stores
D) a bombing campaign against black churches


Answer: B

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a) many women went home after the first day. b) more men than women attended. c) a man, James Mott, was chosen to moderate. d) many women fainted due to the heat and their tight corsets. e) Elizabeth Cady Stanton did not attend the Convention.

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According to Jalaluddin Rumi, a Sufi has all of the following attributes except

a. purity of heart. b. the ability to find the goodness in all emotional states. c. appreciation of beauty. d. ability to control and direct anger.

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Which of the following proved to be a prophet of totalitarianism?

a. D. H. Lawrence b. Franz Kafka c. T.S. Eliot d. Carl Gustav Jung e. Oswald Spengler

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Massive military orders, amounting to ____ in 1942 alone, quickly ended the lingering Great Depression.

a. nearly $50 billion
b. $250 million
c. almost $25 billion
d. more than $900 million
e. more than $100 billion

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