Why was the Voting Rights Act a crucial piece of legislation for the political rights of African Americans in the twentieth century?
A) It also outlawed job discrimination.
B) It made housing segregation illegal.
C) It was key in bringing political democracy.
D) It removed the national-origins system.
C
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A) an oppressed Chinese minority B) a type of Chinese poetry C) the name for the Manchu government D) a new Chinese dynasty
The Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was created in response to pressure from __________.
a. African Americans b. Mexican Americans c. American women d. Asian Americans
The main cause of the price revolution in sixteenth-century Europe, according to the text, was
a. silver imported from new Spanish conquests in the Americas. b. the growing population of Europe. c. discovery of new silver mines in Bohemia. d. the periodic reappearance of the plague. e. the import of Montezuma's gold into Spain.
The values promoted as part of middle-class respectability included all of the following except
a. hard work. b. financial independence c. a household that emulated the wealthy with servants and home furnishings. d. strict maintenance of heritage and social exclusivity. e. moral and ethical guidelines of behavior.