The demands by Mexican Americans for improvement in their educational opportunities during the 1970s
A) resulted in more Latino teachers, counselors, and courses.
B) met with little success.
C) focused on becoming assimilated into Anglo culture.
D) generally met with little resistance from educational authorities.
Answer: A
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a. alienated whites by pushing for massive land restriction b. concentrated their efforts on educational and political reforms c. used the Freedmen's Bureau to oppress ex-Confederates d. pushed for educational integration e. were more corrupt than their white counterparts
Which one of the following statements BEST describes the relationship between advances in technology and American imperialism, according to the textbook?
A) On the one hand, advances in transportation and communication made the world seem smaller and more dangerous, but on the other hand, these advances made reaching out to global markets easier and thus more compelling. B) On the one hand, Americans wanted access to technologies being developed abroad, but on the other hand, the nation hoped to achieve technological supremacy through its own innovation. C) On the one hand, the United States wanted to remain technologically competitive with Europe, but on the other hand, many Americans felt they would advance more by focusing inward and developing their own talents. D) On the one hand, advances in communication made the peoples of other nations seem less foreign and threatening, but on the other hand, these advances had many in the United States worried about the possible transformation of American identity. E) On the one hand, advances in manufacturing resulted in the creation of products that industrialists hoped to market abroad, but on the other hand, American shipping was not yet sufficiently advanced to offer the broad reach industrialists were hoping for.
Compared to most of the other major areas of world civilization, the political map of late-sixteenth-century Europe was
A) the most fragmented. B) typical of world political systems. C) more centralized than other areas. D) dominated by only two major powers E) linguistically unified.
The Hollywood Ten, a group of actors accused by the House Committee on Un-American Activities of being communists, refused to testify because they claimed that the government hearings
A) endangered their ability to gain future roles in film. B) threatened their First Amendment rights of free speech. C) violated their Fifth Amendment right not to testify against themselves. D) were illegal and an attempt by the committee to gain national attention in order to help their chances for reelection.