Why was Berry Gordy significant in black music and life?
A) He was the first black presidential candidate and founded Motown.
B) He contributed to the civil rights movement through the production of black music and by financing important ventures.
C) He helped to stop Detroit race riots, both in 1957 and 1967, by appealing to the black community and police to avoid violence.
D) He was the primary politician behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Answer: B
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How was the power of divine right defined by King James I of England?
A) He believed divine right meant only that they were representatives of God, not god-like beings. B) He believed that monarchs are considered gods, as dictated by God himself because they were his lieutenants on earth. C) He argued that God had entitled monarchs with no greater power than what the subjects provided to that monarch. D) He was of the thought that no monarch was or could ever be divine in God's eyes. E) None of these
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were known as leaders of the __________
a) Radical Republicans b) Moderate Republicans c) Northern Democrats d) Southern Democrats
Which choice best describes the eastern and western geographic limits of Islamic rule at its greatest extent during the period of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates?
a. Northwest India to Spain and Morocco b. Eastern Mediterranean to Persia c. Arabian Peninsula to the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley d. Persia to Southeast Asia e. East Asia to Spain and Morocco
Looking Backward
a. described a utopian future in which industry was government-owned. b. called for a return to a simpler society composed of small subsistence farmers. c. was written by Lester Frank Ward. d. was written by Henry George. e. none of these choices.