The major goal successfully pursued by Indian civil rights activists in the 1970s was
a. recognition of the semi-sovereign status of the various Indian tribes under American law.
b. full integration of Indians into the mainstream of American life.
c. an end to discrimination against Indians in housing and employment.
d. the right to speak Indian languages in reservation schools.
e. restoration of all Indian lands obtained by military conquest.
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A) The deporting of slaves to Africa B) The prohibition of slave literacy C) The supervision of slave meetings by whites D) The restriction of black freedom E) The monitoring of slave behavior
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A) There were more free blacks in the Deep South, but they had fewer rights. B) Free blacks in the Deep South generally had parents who were both directly from Africa. C) A sophisticated caste system developed in the Deep South, with free blacks often more closely identifying with the white masters than with slaves. D) There were no free blacks in the Deep South.